state thrown together with no regard to actual groups living within those borders, and that any solution to the american presence in Iraq would have to acknowledge those groups and give them power equal to their populations.

Besides, if they had done what he suggested, I don't think that would have prevented the fighting either (though it may have made it more manageable to find political solutions).

This was a serious attempt to leave an Iraq where the various factions were able to all have some power and would thus have a vested interest in the country.

It goes without saying that it would have been better to have never invaded Iraq. However, in 2007 as Chair of Senate Foreign Relations, Biden did not have the luxury of people on a message board to just say it was Bush's fault.

In addition, it is an example of why Senators and Congressmen are said to sponsor ideas. This was a plan by two foreign policy experts, Gelb and Galbraeth. Their original proposal was to partition Iraq -- by the time the bill passed, the proposal was to support a conference where the Iraqis could define their future state.

The vote 75 - 23. The Democrats had only 51 Senators at that point.

Even though this passed, it was ignored by President Bush. Resolutions on foreign policy do not have to guide a President's actions. By the time Obama was President and Biden was the person he assigned to deal with Iraq, Biden did not push for that - possibly as both he and Obama wanted to get out as soon as possible.

that the Senate recommended first in a resolution that had been a provision of Kerry/Feingold that Senator Warner agreed to include in the defense bill in 2006 or the Biden amendment to the defense bill in 2007 that passed after Biden amended it from a conference to divide Iraq to a conference where the Iraqis could decide to federalize Iraq where they drew the lines - that Iraq could have avoided the problems we have.

However, it can be noted that this hasn't worked in Syria. I do wish that it would been tried.

(The earliest Gelb proposal had the coalition essentially drawing the lines. In addition to this being something imposed on Iraq, it was line drawing by the British in the first place that has led to many states with multiple, warring factions. The bill that passed gave the design of any lines to the Iraqis:

from the McCains who think we should always have troops everywhere to those who think it has to do with the IWR.

these were problems in Iraq even before the war.

not sure why people think it's always about US.

voted no. Sens. Akaka , Bingaman ,Boxer , Byrd , Conrad , Corzine , Dayton Durbin ,Feingold ,Graham , Inouye ,Kennedy , Leahy, Levin , Mikulski , Murray , Reed , Sarbanes , Stabenow , Wellstone , and Wyden .
1 Republican senators voted against the resolution: Sen. Chafee.
One Independent, Mr Jeffords also voted no.

They get credit from me, not the war happy dupes of Bushco. Even a Republican was more correct than Biden. That should shame him, not bring him credit. He voted to invade. While a Republican knew better. Shame.