The Baker-Hamilton Iraq Recommendations: 'Stay the Almost Course'
According to the New York Times and Washington Post leaked versions of the Iraq Study Group’s consensus position (Nov. 29 and 30), their recommendations will tinker around the edges of Bush’s strategy, but not propose a wholesale alteration, let alone an actual policy reversal.
Permanent Bases and Temporary Presidents
Did you notice something about the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group Report? It recommends all sorts of changes, all of them far short of actually ending the war, but it recommends them all to the same person responsible for the disastrous situation we're in now.
Tidbits from Iraq and the 'War of Terror'
In a raid west of Baghdad, U.S. forces destroyed two buildings, killing, in the language of the military “six suspected insurgents, two women and a child.”
Talking Points on How and Why to End the War
We elected you – not the Iraq Study Group — to end the war in Iraq, and we expect you to take all measures necessary to do so. If the new Democratically controlled Congress does not end the US military engagement with Iraq, this tragic war will become your responsibility as well as the Bush Administration’s.
A Chance…
There is a chance the United States can leave Iraq soon with some kind of dignity. I know, I know, it sounds crazy, there is no way the Americans can leave the bloodied broken mess of a country with any kind of dignity or honor, only shame.
Honesty in Iraq
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune recently published an editorial that said of Bush: 'His pronouncements now bear no resemblance to reality.' Now? Oh, never mind.
Peace mandate fuels drive to end Iraq war
The nationwide peace coalition United for Peace and Justice has called for a mass march on Washington Jan. 27 to press the new Congress to “take immediate action to end the war.”
