"Better late than never."

"Better late than never," said Leon E. Panetta, a onetime White House chief of staff who served on the Iraq Study Group, when she was asked about scheduled regional conference with Iraq two neighbors Syria and Iran.

The United States where also invited to these talks however will not be the ones running the talks. However, the Iraqi government has called the meeting and will head the meetings, contrary to the recommendations of the panel.

Democrats heralded the plan as a needed change in policy. Sen. Joseph R. Biden said, that "the administration is right to reverse itself and engage Iran and Syria on Iraq. Right now they're a big part of the problem, but they have an interest in becoming part of the solution to prevent chaos in Iraq."

Personally I feel that this is good on many levels. The first is that it shows that the United States recognizes the problems which exist in Syria and Iran and that we will need to help to fix the problem in a diplomatic way. The second and more important is that the Iraqi government is taking a primary role in these talks. It shows that the Iraqi government wants to take control of their country.

What do you think?