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Looks like the Iran NIE has gone the way of the Iraq Study Group
2008-03-05 15:05:00 The UN Security Council just passed a third set of sanctions against Iran ostensibly because it refuses to cease and desist enriching uranium. In truth it was informed by another issue both more immediate and intimidating. On February 22 the International Atomic Energy Agency issued what seemed like a passing grade to Iran’s nuclear program. But shortly before that, its chief of weapons inspection, Olli Heinonen, exhibited approximately 1,000 documents and videos to an array of ambassadors and experts in Vienna. They’d been downloaded from a laptop described by the Washington Post in 2005 as “allegedly stolen from an Iranian whom German intelligence tried, unsuccessfully, to recruit as an informant [and] whisked out of the country by another Iranian.” Among them were apparent designs for nuclear warheads ?- light years more menacing than just the enriched uranium that infuses them. In response “Iran’s ambassador, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, nearly shout...
Zogby Urges Return to Iraq Study Group Recommendations
2007-11-05 21:15:00 Dr. James Zogby, the president of the Arab American Institute in Washington, DC, believes that the war in Iraq is far from over - and may soon get worse. He says it could and should have been foreseen. All the warning signs were there. In Northern Iraq, the file of historical grievances of the Kurdish people has been opened and it won't close anytime soon. Over the past decade, Iraq's Kurds
By: Iddybud Journal
Co-Chair of Iraq Study Group - Route al Qaeda from Pakistan - Left and Righ
2007-07-20 03:47:00 THIS JUST IN: well yesterday:"Former Rep. Lee Hamilton, who also served as the vice chairman of the 9/11 commission, says the Iraq war distracted the United States when it had al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on the run in the tribal region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. He says it's now time to finish the job."This latest assessment is based upon the recently release National Intelligence Estimate (Democrats have failed this "intelligence" test). Why does the Co-Chair of the Democrat Majority revered Iraq Study Group believe the U.S. should strike?"If there's anything we should have learned, it's that we must not let al Qaeda have a sanctuary, which they certainly do in Pakistan today."If there's anything we should have learned, it's that we must not let al Qaeda have a sanctuary!!!!! Democrats UNITE!!! It's time to leave the distraction that Iraq is behind!!! Take to the hills of Pakistan, which according to the sage Co-Chair it:"has to be carefully calibrated, worked ...
House to Revive Iraq Study Group
2007-06-22 10:59:00 The , the bipartisan panel that mapped out an alternative U.S. strategy for Iraq last December, may be reconstituted for a sequel.
By: Get rich
Newsday: ?Rudy Giuliani Left Iraq Study Group In Order Continue Lucrative S
2007-06-19 23:53:00 Today, New York’s Newsday published a critical article about Giuliani’s brief stint on the Baker-Hamilton Commission (Iraq Study Group); he was appointed to the the Iraq Study Group on March 15, 2006 and resigned two months later on May 24, 2006. Newsday reports: On missing the three official meetings that occurred during his time on ...
By: 2008 Central
Iraq Study Group: "Pull Out Troops, Send In Romo!"
2007-02-14 01:06:04 (Washington D.C.) The Iraq Study Group, headed by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Democratic Congressman and Vice-Chair of the 9/11 Commission Lee Hamilton, released their report today.
By: The Lost News
Does the Iraq Study Group report call for a timetable? Ummm
2007-01-01 05:02:02 Yesterday, Tony Snow claimed that the Iraq Study Group report contained ?no suggestions for drop-dead dates or benchmarks? for the redeployment of U.S. forces. While the ISG report is filled with so many caveats that it?s difficult to tell what it is actually saying, one implication is clear: the Iraqis have one year to take over military operations ? or else. In other words, yes, it?s a timetable, Tony. Read the rest of this story at thinkprogress.org
By: in depth review
Why The Iraq Study Group is a Joke!
2006-12-25 22:42:03 Movie Producer David Zucker has created an ad about the Iraq Study group. How very true this is. Have a watch.And you cant forget the ad he made about North Korea and the Democrats answer to the problem. You can watch it HERE
Iraq Study Group - The Wrong Balance
2006-12-20 01:20:01 The conclusions and recommendations from the Iraq Study Group were no surprise- talk, appease, surrender. What else could have come from a group of talkers, compromising the right solution with the wrong ones?
Iraq Study Group... Unbiased? Hardly
2006-12-18 09:42:01 -By Warner Todd HustonIt amazes me that the Iraq Study Group was so hailed as a milestone in Iraq Policy. Worse, it has been claimed to be an unbiased deliberation of the situation in Iraq loaded with people with "gravitas" who have no political stake in the outcome.But, any look at the people on the commission shows a group of people who came into this group with an agenda beforehand and none of them intended to address this task without preconceived notions that they were bound to prove out in their recommendations.The putative leader of the group, James Baker, had well-known reservations about the entire Iraq enterprise so certainly couldn't approach the situation in an unbiased way. His most immediate cohort, Lee Hamilton, is a long time Democrat Party operative, so he was certain to be against the Bush Administration, as well.Not only that but some of the supporting organizations are hardly those that might be considered "unbiased". Both the United States Institute of Peace an...
By: Publius Forum
Bi-Partisan Iraq Study Group: Engage in diplomacy with Iran
2006-12-17 19:10:02 A bunch of Democrats and Republicans put their differences aside in a rare moment of unity; rolled up their shirtsleeves; put their heads together; studied the complexities of President Bush’s involvement of the American military in the middle of a civil war in Iraq; and one recommendation they made to the Administration is to engage in diplomatic relations with Syria and Iran. What does the President do? He says he’ll “think about it”, and get back to us sometime next year. What does Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice do? She flips off Iran, Syria, and her fellow Americans and the bi-partisan Iraq Study Group in one fell swoop: Rice Rejects Overture To Iran And Syria Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday rejected a bipartisan panel’s recommendation that the United States seek the help of Syria and Iran in Iraq, saying the “compensation” required by any deal might be too high. She argued that neither country should need ince...
Iraq Study Group? Unbiased? Hardly
2006-12-17 13:14:02 It amazes me that the Iraq Study Group was so hailed as a milestone in Iraq Policy. Worse, it has been claimed to be an unbiased deliberation of the situation in Iraq loaded with people with “gravitas” who have no political stake in the outcome. But, any look at the people on the commission shows a [...]
Iraq Study Group Misses Some Important Facts
2006-12-15 04:29:01 What a bunch of idiots... From RealClearPolitics: In the midst of about three hours of Pentagon briefings Tuesday a few seemingly disjointed facts emerged. Each is a major data point that exposes the vacuity of the Baker-Hamilton ISG's recommendation to negotiate with Syria and Iran. There is simply no evidence to support the ISG's assertion that both Iran [...]
Omissions In the Iraq Study Group Report
2006-12-15 03:15:01 artwork by Mariali , Copyright (c) 2005 by Stephen Lendman12/14/06Noted historian Eric Foner in a December 7 article on OpEd News.com calls George Bush "the worst president in US history....(who) in his first six years in office....managed to combine the lapses of leadership, misguided policies and abuse of power of his failed predecessors." Equally noted historian Gabriel Kolko agrees, and along with his other comments, calls the Bush administration "the worst set of incompetents ever to hold power in Washington." And referring specifically to the war in Iraq, Kolko colorfully describes what former Reagan administration National Security Agency (NSA) chief General William Odom calls "....the worst strategic mistake in the history of the United States" by saying the Bush administration "shocked and awed....itself." Hard to say it better than that.Enter James Baker and the Iraq Study Group (ISG) that reported its findings publicly on December 6 after most of it was leaked well in adv...
Iraq Study Group? No ISG, please
2006-12-11 19:00:03 If you, like myself, are among the few people left who seriously want the United States to win the war in Iraq, it?s becoming harder and harder to crawl out of bed each morning not feeling like a nattering nabob of negativism. I don?t mean that infamous alliterative string of verbiage in the same sense [...]
Iraq Study Group's Report
2006-12-09 15:52:02 If i have witnessed one thing from all of this it is: Violence begetting violence, military might as what is right, excuses for war and intolerance (all parties included here), doesn't work and will lead to extinction. We must begin again to practice rituals of peace and prayer for all peoples of all nations. We must practice these rituals not in the name of some false god or faulty ideology but instead practice them for our fellow man, ourselves, for each other, for our future. It is time to understand that some divine being is not going to stop the world from spinning just before it is to late. No, it is up to us, to find our peace and place in the great beauty of life.Brian
Bush backs away from Iraq Study Group recommendations
2006-12-08 18:53:01 Odd political move on Bush’s part: The president has distanced himself from some of the Iraq Study group’s recommendations, particularly pulling back combat brigades and engaging Iran and Syria. From the story: “But Mr. Bush, in his first extended comments on the study, pushed back. With Mr. Blair by his side, the president said he needed to [...]
Why didn't the Iraq Study Group say this - War sucks but a world run by Isl
2006-12-08 17:28:00 I don't think I could say it better than T.F. Boggs, returning from his second tour of duty in Iraq:"The Iraq Survey Group’s findings or rather, recommendations are a joke and could have only come from a group of old people who have been stuck in Washington for too long. The brainpower of the ISG has come up with a new direction for our country and that includes negotiating with countries whose people chant “Death to America” and whose leaders deny the Holocaust and call for Israel to be wiped from the face of the earth. Baker and Hamilton want us to get terrorists supporting countries involved in fighting terrorism! If I am the only one who finds something wrong with that then please let me know because right now I feel like I am the only person who feels this way.Talking doesn’t solve anything with a crazed people, bullets do and we need to be given a chance to work our military magic. Like I told a reporter buddy of mine: War sucks but a world run by Islamofacists sucks ...
Iraq Study Group Report : The Way Forward or A cover-up
2006-12-08 00:51:01 The congressionally mandated Iraq Study Group unveiled a set of recommendations. The report intensifies pressure on the president to change direction, but he is under no obligation to follow its recommendations.The 142-page report includes 79 recommendations, of which three are key: ? A change in the primary mission of US forces in Iraq to enable it to [...]
Iraq Study Group suggests working with Iran, Syria
2006-12-08 00:51:01 A lot has already been said about the Iraq Study Group’s recommendation to work with Iran and Syria. I’m not quite decided, but I wanted to take a quick step back from the debate. The question is often posed as, do we talk to people we don’t like? People argue that, even though they’re horrible, we [...]
Iraq Study Group Issues its Report
2006-12-07 10:24:01 The Iraq Study Group has released its report, which can be found here. Lest anyone think this is some sort of patchouli-laden hippy peace fest teach-in, the co-chairs of the group are James Baker (R) and Lee Hamilton (D); members of the group are Lawrence S. Eagleburger (R), Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. (D), Edwin [...]
By: BuffaloPundit
The Iraq Study Group: Magnitude of Mess Becoming Apparent
2006-12-07 03:37:02 The long awaited report that spell out the findings of the 'Iraq Study Group' are out. Now everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, especially Republicans, because they can officially say that US policy in Iraq has been wrong all along and its time to make some changes.Well that's just fine, isn't it? After 100 000 civilian deaths, over 3000 coalition troop deaths and close to a trillion dollars worth of damage, now these very same people who caused this disaster and should be called to account for this war crime, are free to 'lighten up', and say that they will take into consideration all the findings of the Study Group.An ill wind blows in Washington. What is even more foul is the fact that far too few Americans have woken up to the criminality of their leaders. Where are the huge marches and demonstrations that will call these politicians to account? Are they too busy playing with their toys or writing their resumes in hope of a better career move?America is diseased. Not unl...
By: Counter-Spin
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