Frederick Kagan, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and advocate of the current troop surge, has a new plan for Iraq: A Craigslist-style Web site where units can "identify equipment and supplies that would help the Iraqi people."

From Raw Story:

He also suggested allowing American families to sponsor a soldier and encouraging sponsored soldiers to maintain blogs.

"It would help the American people gain a more realistic appraisal of what's going on, unfiltered by the media," Kagan notes, adding that "as security permits," CEOs and other corporate leaders should be given "more chances to visit the Green Zone and other secured areas and meet and interact with American forces in the theater."

I'm getting a little tired of the "things are going fine but the liberal media only shows the bad stuff" argument. I realize the consequences of failing in Iraq. But just as I don't support pulling out with a plan to stabilize the country first, I also don't support staying without a similar plan to turn things around.

I'd like to see a serious strategy that involves more than adding a handful of troops and spinning the current failing approach. It'll take more than a marketing push to save Iraq.