Bad Idea in Iraq?

Inside a bigger story on the struggles Iraq is having in forming a government, I ran across this,

On Friday, the stalemate prompted U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, alarmed by the worst sectarian violence of the post-Hussein era, to propose that the country's leaders gather abroad for a round-the-clock retreat until they settle their differences.

Now, I understand the politics of it, get the top leaders out and separate them from the forces that are influencing them so that you can push one side or the other into a political agreement, but let's just think about the gamble here.

If it works, marvellous, a new Iraqi government forms and we move forward. But to do this, you have to remove whatever existing government there is from Iraq. So, on the brink of Civil War, Zalmay Khalilzad wants to take the the leaders out of Iraq.

Does this sound like a good idea to you?