Has anybody asked the Iraqis?
American arrogance knows no limits. It turns out Baker and Hamilton have been a few hours in Iraq and have not even asked the Iraqis, not even our allied government. Of course, the Iraqi president Jalal Talabani said Sunday "the bipartisan U.S. report calling for a new approach to the war offered dangerous recommendations that would undermine his country's sovereignty and were 'an insult to the people of Iraq.''' [more]
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Well, if the ISG report is pissing off the Iraqis, and it is pissing off the far right, and it is pissing off the far left, it must be doing something right.
So perhaps the ISG reprot is right answer after all. Let's make this our new strategy in Iraq. Might help.
lwd