My Iraq plan

It's important for those who are criticising Bush's policy on Iraq to say what they would do differently. I'm not exactly a critic, but here's what I think we should do:

1. Place the Iraqis firmly in command. Put their generals and leaders in charge of the Multi-National Forces.
2. Focus our effects a lot more on training the Iraqi forces.
3. Zero tolerance of corruption, police abuse of power.
4. Banning all the militias. In fact, get the Iraqi government to make possession of a firearm, save by the militaries and bodyguards, a criminal offence.
5. Point out who is responsible for most of the deaths in Iraq.
6. When the training of the Iraqi forces is done, start fully withdrawing, but set the timetable privately.
7. Take a tough stance with Iran and Syria. These regimes simply need to stop arming these terrorists. Sanctions would be a good idea, but not war.
8. No use of torture. It just makes us look bad.
9. Carry on with the province-by-province transfer of security, but speed it up.

Comments are welcome.