The Empired Strike Back

Newsweek has a copy of the Maliki government's reconciliation plan, which includes demanding a timetable for US withdrawal and amnesty for insurgents. Not too different from what the strange coalition of Zbigniew Brzezinski , the Iraqi Communist Party and Pith and Substance have been calling for.

One hopes that Bush has the sense to declare victory and get out.

Update: The first news about what the Administration plans to do in response is good news. (Via Josh Marshall).

Update 2: Via Henley, I point you to Chris Allbritton's posting of an English version of the reconciliation plan. He complains that it is vague. That's not a bug -- that's a feature.