No middle ground
The American Prospect
by Spencer Ackerman
12/06/06
Given the specific lineup of the 10 wise men and women serving on the Iraq Study Group, the most conspicuous absence is that of supermodel Heidi Klum. Sure, she has no relevant experience in foreign policy, nor any real knowledge of Iraq -- but neither do commissioners Sandra Day O'Connor, Vernon Jordan, Alan Simpson, or Edwin Meese. What Klum does have to offer is a lesson completely lost on the commission, one taught each week on her hit reality show Project Runway: you're either in, or you're out. When it comes to Iraq, it's good advice. From the commission's perspective, however, such advice would represent a dangerous breakdown of Washington's most enlightened foreign-policy tradition -- that is to say, bipartisanship...
http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=12280
Baker-Hamilton hedges
Tom Paine
by William Hartung
12/07/06
Yesterday's release of the Iraq Study Group report raises as many questions as it answers. A few highlights of the report and its 79 recommendations follow. Despite some early headlines suggesting that the Iraq Study Group would be calling for a withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq by the beginning of 2008, a look at the fine print suggests otherwise. The group's recommendations look more like an exercise in 'bait and switch' than an actual commitment to U.S. withdrawal. Trainers embedded with Iraqi forces should be considered combat forces, as should the armed U.S. personnel that would be present to protect them in their efforts. These troops could remain in the tens of thousands after an alleged 'withdrawal'...
http://tinyurl.com/yylsod
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+Study+Group
by Spencer Ackerman
12/06/06
Given the specific lineup of the 10 wise men and women serving on the Iraq Study Group, the most conspicuous absence is that of supermodel Heidi Klum. Sure, she has no relevant experience in foreign policy, nor any real knowledge of Iraq -- but neither do commissioners Sandra Day O'Connor, Vernon Jordan, Alan Simpson, or Edwin Meese. What Klum does have to offer is a lesson completely lost on the commission, one taught each week on her hit reality show Project Runway: you're either in, or you're out. When it comes to Iraq, it's good advice. From the commission's perspective, however, such advice would represent a dangerous breakdown of Washington's most enlightened foreign-policy tradition -- that is to say, bipartisanship...
http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=12280
Baker-Hamilton hedges
Tom Paine
by William Hartung
12/07/06
Yesterday's release of the Iraq Study Group report raises as many questions as it answers. A few highlights of the report and its 79 recommendations follow. Despite some early headlines suggesting that the Iraq Study Group would be calling for a withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq by the beginning of 2008, a look at the fine print suggests otherwise. The group's recommendations look more like an exercise in 'bait and switch' than an actual commitment to U.S. withdrawal. Trainers embedded with Iraqi forces should be considered combat forces, as should the armed U.S. personnel that would be present to protect them in their efforts. These troops could remain in the tens of thousands after an alleged 'withdrawal'...
http://tinyurl.com/yylsod
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+Study+Group
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