How do you know the Iraq Study Group report is dead? When on this evening's Fox News Watch conservative columnist Jim Pinkerton declares its "total evaporation" and the most aggressive liberal panelist doesn't bother to deny it.
Said Pinkerton:
"I think the most interesting thing has been the total evaporation of the Baker-Hamilton commission as a force in American politics. Of all people Laurence O'Donnell at the Huffington Post had a headline: 'Rush Limbaugh Is Right,' about the report, saying it is a formula for surrender. And whether you like it or not, Neal, Bush is not going to surrender Iraq."
View video here.
The "Neal" in question was of course leftist panelist Neal Gabler, and when his turn rolled around all he could say was that "as soon as [Pres. Bush] comes out with his policy, all the right-wing media are going to sign onto it and say how great this policy is."
Translation: ISG is deader than a smelt. We're moving on.
Finkelstein recently returned from Iraq. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net
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I thought the ISG was useful in one respect
December 16, 2006 - 22:52 ET by DaMavIt roundly condemned precipitous withdrawal. It will make it harder for the surrenderniks to mount a campaign to cut off support for the war like they did in Vietnam. Other than that, good riddance.
Yep. Wonder if Michael Moore
December 16, 2006 - 23:15 ET by tracheostomyYep. Wonder if Michael Moore and Co. will make good on their threats.
My money's on "no".
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So's mine. Liberalism is a
December 17, 2006 - 08:15 ET by Andrew H.So's mine.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
that sucker was DOA
December 16, 2006 - 23:46 ET by gtinessAfter reading that "report" a handful of times...trying to make meaning of it...I mean, lots of smart people wrote this right? It's gotta be useful...I've decided that sucker was DOA.
A lot of dinosuars wrote it.
December 17, 2006 - 06:01 ET by GalvanicA lot of dinosuars wrote it. This process was doomed as soon as they picked the members. Intelligent? Sure. Experienced? Yeah. But most of these codgers were Cold Warriors who never grasped the changes in the post-Cold War world ---- especially Baker. They aren't smart. The most disappointing aspect of the report was its tying of the Israel-Palestine conflict into an Iraq resolution. That's totally absurd, and a recipe for disaster.
The Palistinians can't even g
December 18, 2006 - 18:14 ET by JayTeeThe Palistinians can't even get along negotiating with Themselves, The Hamas Fatah (sp?) cease fire was broken hours after it was agreed upon. Try negotiating with those guys, and they'd break any agreement before you could walk to your car and drive to the Airport.
As for "things going Bad" in Iraq...........The ISG didn't talk to the Kurds, who have control of their little piece of the Iraq landscape, now there is a group that should have some input to ANY dicussion of how to bring Peace to Iraq. The exclusion of the KURDS, by the ISG group, was bizzaire at best.
I can't stand to watch the sh
December 17, 2006 - 09:06 ET by Andrew H.I can't stand to watch the show anymore. The swarmy Jane Hall and the nutcase Neal Gabler turn me off big time.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
Agreed
December 17, 2006 - 10:32 ET by iveseenitallAgreed, Andrew. It probably is only good for those who are just realizing the truth about the left. Illogical and ignorant, Hall and Gabler are fine examples of the loony liberal.
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And, hopefully this failed at
December 17, 2006 - 12:48 ET by VT Con ManAnd, hopefully this failed attempt at "consensus" will strengthen the realization that Leadership, not consensus, is the way to win a war that is so vital to our way of life.
Consensus just takes the weakest part of each side's argument and makes it the final decision. Sounds like a loser to me.
Any successful leadership examples I have ever seen, did not use consensus. The final decision has to be that of the leader or leadership. Thank God the Iraq Surrender Group is NOT our leadership, or we would have "another Viet-Nam"
So, a little off subject but, speaking of leaders, is Bush stupid or an evil genius this week in the MSM? I figure either way, as long as he is going against the MSM tide, we are in good shape.
Merry Christmas to all at MRC and NB. Vt Con Man
Consensus
December 18, 2006 - 11:31 ET by heldmywSure! It was a consensus opinion.
Sadly, the agreement was among has-beens, retreads, the unqualified and an odd collection of other forgettable 'notables'. (Can someone tell me why Sandra Day O'Conner was in on this? Anyone?)
I rather suspect it was a time-killer, and the results were not only predictable, they were predicted in detail and have served their purpose. Attaboy G.W.!
Wonder what it cost, though?
Hmmmm.....seems to me this ki
December 17, 2006 - 20:33 ET by bigtimerHmmmm.....seems to me this kind of news in the blog is going to put good ol' Colin Powell in the minority with the rest of the leftists, he said he thought the Baker report was a good report...blah blah blah...anyway that's what he said this morning on Face the Nation....there is always tomorrow Colin, since it seems to me you have had a lot to do with the opposition of everything the Bush administration has done in trying to fight this war, especially your disdain for Rummey, you had a hand in a lot of back-stabbing using your position in the State Dept. and you are still doing it...seems kind of strange you are all of a sudden showing your face on national television after Rumsfeld is gone....pathetic.
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