With a hit by Instapundit and an inspiration from Alaa at Healing Iraq, Dale Amon's suggestion on the already-popular Samizdata site that Iraqis will finish off the Baath Party, and should simply be allowed to do so, has already started some useful discussion. One respondent, RAS, in the post's comment section, makes the sensible argument that, instead of backing the "rats" into a corner, the Coalition should be offering the Iraqi resistance some reasonable calculation from self-interest leading them to surrender or leave the field. In theory, they may eventually see the Coalition as offering them a better chance for survival (in some instances even prosperity) than their fellow Iraqis. My own take, in the post's comments section, extends the same line of argumentation advanced in "Already Over," and also looks to the calculation from self-interest that the Bush Doctrine has been seeking to impress upon Iraqis, Palestinians, and the entire Muslim world.