While [James] Baker has been testing the waters for some time to determine how much change in Iraq policy will be tolerated by the White House, [former Democratic Rep. Lee] Hamilton perhaps faces the now even-more-difficult challenge of cajoling Democrats such as former Clinton administration chief of staff Leon E. Panetta and power broker Vernon E. Jordan Jr. to sign on to a plan that falls short of a phased troop withdrawal, the position of many congressional Democrats.(emphasis mine)I smell a trap. This is George Bush's failed adventure, and George Bush's alone. The Iraq Study Group (ISG) is headed up by James Baker III, Bush family consigliere. This looks to me to be a trap to shift some of the title to ownership of this swamp to the Democratic party.
Did anyone else want to scream when they read this line: How much change in policy the White House will tolerate? Excuse me? These clowns have no choice in the matter. They fucked up an entire region of the globe that has significant economic importance to the entire world. They destabilized the entire middle east. They overextended the military and they have broken the National Guard. Had we experienced a hurricane of Katrina magnitude this year, that point would have been illustrated very well. But instead of telling hard truths, the family fixer will tell the closest version of the truth he thinks the pretzlenut can abide. Jesus Christ on a cracker.
No, I say let them come up with their own zany scheme. They own this pig, not us.
