Pull out the troops with a phased withdrawal, beginning immediately. Announce a roughly approximate timeline for it, beginning to end. Set a new, realistic date for Iraqi elections--next spring or summer.

As far as training Iraqi troops--get them out of Iraq, and train them in a neutral location where they aren't high risk targets for the insurgency. On the ground, the coalition troops should be focused upon neurtralizing the warlords in no go areas (not bombing the beejesus out of the civilian population in the impossible task of "rooting out" insurgents among them. Pull back to barracks everywhere and anywhere they can.

Ask the UN to appoint a negotiating team to open negotiations immediately with the insurgents, and hold talks in a neutral country.

There are so many positive steps that could be taken, it boggles the mind that all we can do is bomb more and more of Iraq into oblivion.