Learning to ride

Most children seem to enjoy riding bikes. When a parent undertakes the task of teaching a child to ride, first there are training wheels. The child rides the bike, learning how it works,but the training wheels prevent the child from falling over. Sooner or later, the child must learn to ride without training wheels. The parent will typically hold the back of the seat while the child rides. Then, unbeknownst to the child, the parent will let go, knowing full well that the child will fall down and get hurt. Of course, the parent will console the child when he falls and get him back on the bike to try again, and again until he can ride without help.

It's time we take the training wheels off the Iraqi people and force them to learn how to ride the bike. They will fall down a few times, but we'll be right there to dust them off and get them back on the seat.