"OK, there arent too many details on the how in there, but it's a damn sight more than I've heard coming from Bush on his plans."

Bush's plan is to continue to build up Iraqi security forces. Meanwhile the plan is to encourage free enterprise in Iraq- Iraq has low taxes, many business start ups, a stock market, a new banking system, and a free press. In future Iraq might have even lower taxes, and it might provide each Iraq with share of wealth from oil sales.

Bush's plan is not to provide dictates to how Iraqi should govern itself, instead it's pushing to get the Iraq to move towards elections which will be fair and timely, and once the Iraqis have selected their leadership, then these leaders can make decisions which will shape Iraq's long term future. Getting to the point of election is not something that can be done in a short period of time- even if there were no terrorism occurring in Iraq.

Security is the number one concern of the Iraqis, and it is the coalition's main priority to provide security and at same time build up Iraqi security. It takes time to build a well trained security force. And the long term decisions about the degree in which these security forces are equiped will be the decisions made by those elected. Also Iraq will need to make decision regarding how it will relate with other countries- this also is a long term activity. But in the meanwhile these issues need to dealt with in the short term, so fsolution which are short term must be made.
If LA were having riots and the rest of California was calm- all the people in California would be concerned about security. And not only Californians but all the nation could be concerned. In most Iraq you have pretty good security, but there are areas which are hot spots, and it's these areas which causing worry for most Iraqis. I saw some report which said something like 90% of Iraqis haven't even seen Coalitions forces. And the Coalition forces are overhelming in their presence [in sheer numbers and how they operate] in comparison to those who are opposing them. It only takes a small number people to cause disruption and the spread of fear.
The fact of the matter is the Iraqis are making steady progress, and there is no reason they won't be successful in bring about their elections and with these elections behind them and as decisions are being made by this elected body Iraq will emerge "lightyears" ahead of all the other countries in the region. In about a year time, Iraq could be ahead of all other countries in the region by a couple decades- and only because Iraq is so far ahead, that it's this Iraqi influence which will be responsible for these other countries to arrive in a couple decades. And if you could measure a nation's "pain", Iraqis will probably make this transition with less overall "pain" then what the other countries in the region will need to go through [Iraqi will have this "pain" compressed within a relatively short time frame].