Thursday - December 07, 2006

The Grande Planne

Below is a summary of the Iraq Study Group’s report. You can download or view the full 160-page piece of crap here (1.8MB PDF).

The media and the Democrats in Congress already have their plan in place: if Bush deviates from the plan by even one iota, he will be portrayed as a partisan, fascist bully. Oh yeah, and a stupid chimp too.

If the Democratic Congress changes anything or even throws out the whole plan, they will be praised for their flexibility and bipartisan approach to correcting the Bush administration’s mistakes. That is the Grande Planne of the Donks and the liberal media.

As for the Iraq Study Group’s plan, you can forget it. They lost me at item 1 below - Item 2 just made it worse. This sounds like it all came from the pen of Dhimmi Carter. Imagine if you will, in July of 1944, the allies are bogged down in hedgerow country in Normandy. A special report is commissioned by Congress and their recommendation is to announce a withdrawal of all US troops from Europe by Spring of 1945 but leave enough “advisers” to assist the French and Brits in beating back the Nazis.

Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? Churchill and Roosevelt would have had anyone suggesting such a thing locked up for the duration - and possibly longer.

America used to be the country whose way of war demanded unconditional surrender. Nowadays, we are become a country that only demands unconditional withdrawal. That rumbling sound you hear is all the graves in Arlington complaining in righteous indignation. You don’t even want to hear what they think of this horse-shit.

Will It Work In The White House?
(NY TIMES) - December 7, 2006

Troop Withdrawal

1. Announce a plan for American forces to begin pulling back, whether the Iraqis are ready or not, to signal to the Iraqis that Washington would not prop up the Iraqi government with military forces endlessly.

2. Gradually pull back the 15 American combat brigades now in Iraq, starting next year and ending by the first quarter of 2008. Afterward, American combat forces could be deployed “only in units embedded with Iraqi forces.” While numbers are still approximate, phased withdrawal of combat troops over the next year would leave 70,000 to 80,000 American troops in the country, compared with about 150,000 now, for a long time to come.

3. Special operations forces would remain to battle Al Qaeda in Iraq.

4. Link American withdrawal to the performance of the Iraqi military, leaving open the possibility that American troops would stay longer if the Iraqi government takes on the militias, but threatening accelerated withdrawal if the Iraqi government fails to act decisively and control the violence.

5. Significantly increase the number of American military personnel supporting and embedded with Iraqi troops. As this proceeds, United States combat forces can begin leaving Iraq.

6. “The Iraqi government should accelerate assuming responsibility for Iraqi security by increasing the number and quality of Iraqi Army Brigades.”

The United States should:

1. Begin a new diplomatic offensive to build an international consensus for stability in Iraq and the region. The effort should include every country that has an interest in avoiding a chaotic Iraq, including all of Iraq’s neighbors.

2. Try to engage Iran and Syria constructively, using incentives and disincentives.

3. Renew commitment to a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace process, including President Bush’s commitment to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.

Iran should:

1. Stem the flow of arms and training to Iraq.

2. Respect Iraq’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

3. Use its influence over Iraqi Shiite groups to encourage national reconciliation.

Syria should:

1. Control its border with Iraq to stem the flow of funding, insurgents and terrorists in and out of Iraq.

International efforts:

1. The issue of Iran’s nuclear arms should be dealt with by the five members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany.

2. A possible regional conference on Iraq or broader Middle East peace issues.

Posted by The Skipper     on 12/07/2006 at 01:07 PM   
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