I can't mention the Bush camp's claim that they are "already doing" without also mentioning that it is arrant nonsense. There are a couple of relatively minor points where Bush, for instance, is not pulling in pledged reconstruction money from outside, but there are some major points, too. The biggest ones involve taking the American face off of the war and occupation, and speeding up the training of Iraqi security. Among those, the two largest are assembling an international protection force to protect U.N. election workers, and gettting non-Americans involved in training Iraqi security forces. Bush has finally solicited some training help from Nato to this end, but we are seeing a case of too little, and too late. Continuing to rely almost exclusively on American training risks disloyalty among elements of the Iraqi security forces distrustful of the guys that have been bombing them for a year and a half. On the other hand, other nationals - not involved in military action against Iraq, can build a better rapport with trainees. Other nations can also put training bases in their own home countries, creating the possibility for the first time that Iraqi security can train in a secure environment. Finally, significant foreign help on training can get more people through complete training faster, creating a situation for the first time that Iraqis can actually play a pivotal role in their own security process - and Americans can play down their role as occupiers. These are things that might cost a little bit in reconstruction contracts and in "strut". These are things that can only be done in a world where we recognize and confront reality: not a fantasy world where major combat operations were over a year and 800 lives ago.