[ISG] Panel Leans Toward Phased Iraq Withdrawal or International Talks

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The Iraq Study Group, headed by Bush fixer James Baker, has been told there are two options in Iraq: adopt Murtha's phased withdrawal plan, or go begging to Iran and Syria for help in ending the war.

Baker has said he won't release any ISG report before the election, presumably to shelter Junior from the inevitable blowback.

http://www.nysun.com/article/39968

Panel Leans Toward Phased Iraq Withdrawal or International Talks

BY ELI LAKE - Staff Reporter of the Sun
September 20, 2006

WASHINGTON — A panel mandated by Congress to develop new Iraq policy is leaning toward recommending either a phased withdrawal of soldiers or a new engagement initiative with Iran and Syria to end the violence in Iraq.

The bipartisan Iraq Study Group, chaired by a secretary of state for President George H.W. Bush, James Baker, and a former House International Relations Committee chairman, Lee Hamilton, met Monday to hear a series of options from its expert working groups.

According to participants in that meeting, the two chairmen received a blunt assessment this week of viable options for America in Iraq that boiled down to two choices.

One plan would have America begin its exit from Iraq through a phased withdrawal similar to that proposed this spring by Rep. John Murtha, a Democrat of Pennsylvania and former Marine. Another would have America make a last push to internationalize the military occupation of Iraq and open a high-level dialogue with Syria and Iran to persuade them to end their state-sanctioned policy of aiding terrorists who are sabotaging the elected government in Baghdad.

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1. Murtha or Ahmadinejad: The freepers heads will explode. eom

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2. That's why the report is being held until after the election.

"We lost the war and we have to pull out." Not good news for the Party of Bush, better sit on it until after the midterms.

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3. Oh yeah, this report will see the light of day (sarcasm)

And who and the hell on this committee has the sense of humor to recommend engagement with Iran and Syria to help us? That is comedy gold! Gold, Jerry....GOLD!!!

PNAC heads are exploding all over the place on that line.

I would LOVE to see what countries would sign up to internationalize the force. Iran and Syria should offer in the new talks they are recommending!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

What a clusterfuck.

Lastly, who in the hell believes that Syria or Iran could put a dent in the violence that is sectarian against each other or freedom fighters against us? They have relatively little to do here. They could definitely make it worse, but I doubt they could do anything substantial to improve the level of violence.

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4. A kick for the Amusement Value.

What a plate of shit for the Sweet Neocons to fork up and savor. What a dainty dish to set before the Boy King! Either the War Pigs get to agree with Murtha or go, hats in tentacles, to the Axis Of Eville itsownself and ask for a bailout!

Poor old James Baker. Motherfucker has fixed everything that Poppy has sent him to fix--but there ain't no cure for Junior's little dick-wag in Iraq--and now the damn fool has set his sights on Iran, facts be damned.

And poor old Poppybu$h! Little Spawn Of Satan has brought so much MONEY into the BFEE coffers, yet the political damage he is wreaking upon the family is outweighing the profit motive. Such an embarrassment of riches! The less-informed might mistake this for shreds of Conscience among the Reptiles.

Then, there's Baker's Best Judgement: "Poppy, we're fucked here. Completely, utterly and without benefit of lubrication. All we can do is sit on this crap until after the election."

Deer meat, but the reaping of the whirlwind has been such a long time coming!

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