OK....START HERE
Day number one, and it's clear that I'm not the only guy who's got the same criticism of the ISG Report. Cutting and pasting is a lot easier than composing...and it's useful to know that others share my views.
Start here: "The Iraq Study Group report delivered to President Bush yesterday contains 79 separate recommendations - but not one that explains how American forces can defeat the terrorist insurgents, only ways to bring the troops home."
Next Point:
When we invaded Afghanistan, we did it because it sheltered and promoted terrorism, specifically the terrorists that had killed almost 3,000 Americans on 9/11. Iran and Syria do the same; they shelter and promote the terrorists that have killed American troops in Iraq as well as our allies in Israel. Syria allows them to cross their border with Iraq at will to organize, train, and hide, and Iran provides them with weapons.
Oh, by the way for those with any sense of irony, today is Pearl Harbor Day. Does anybody remember that? Consider if we'd taken the Wise Eunuch's Way Out (WEWO...I love it) then. There'd have been no problem like the one we have now, that's for sure. And we'd all be speaking German, except those of us who'd been made into lampshades.
Start here: "The Iraq Study Group report delivered to President Bush yesterday contains 79 separate recommendations - but not one that explains how American forces can defeat the terrorist insurgents, only ways to bring the troops home."
Next Point:
When we invaded Afghanistan, we did it because it sheltered and promoted terrorism, specifically the terrorists that had killed almost 3,000 Americans on 9/11. Iran and Syria do the same; they shelter and promote the terrorists that have killed American troops in Iraq as well as our allies in Israel. Syria allows them to cross their border with Iraq at will to organize, train, and hide, and Iran provides them with weapons.
What the Baker/Hamilton group proposes is nothing less than an endorsement of their tactics. By going to Teheran and Damascus to ask for their assistance, we will have proven that their terrorism and interference pays dividends -- or did the ISG believe that they would stop their terrorism if we merely asked?
Oh, by the way for those with any sense of irony, today is Pearl Harbor Day. Does anybody remember that? Consider if we'd taken the Wise Eunuch's Way Out (WEWO...I love it) then. There'd have been no problem like the one we have now, that's for sure. And we'd all be speaking German, except those of us who'd been made into lampshades.
posted by Jerry at 6:34 AM
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