Comments on: The Iraq Study Group http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:20:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bill from Dover http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1202047 Bill from Dover Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:00:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1202047 Pull out sometime to somewhere. Absolutely brilliant! Pull out sometime to somewhere. Absolutely brilliant!

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1201350 Marie Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:31:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1201350 By the time the report comes out, it will likely be irrelevant. Can anyone say why it has taken this long for a report that was supposedly completed weeks ago? Even now, when Hamilton has declared they have completed it, why must they wait another week? Is it because they have nothing of any consequence to propose? By the time the report comes out, it will likely be irrelevant. Can anyone say why it has taken this long for a report that was supposedly completed weeks ago? Even now, when Hamilton has declared they have completed it, why must they wait another week?
Is it because they have nothing of any consequence to propose?

]]> By: ItsJustKarma http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200456 ItsJustKarma Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:59:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200456 FYI http://www.un.int/iran/ FYI
http://www.un.int/iran/

]]> By: Publicus http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200355 Publicus Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:34:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200355 Who cares what they say?! Why is anybody even paying attention to them? More people are dying while we wait for their useless report... Who cares what they say?! Why is anybody even paying attention to them? More people are dying while we wait for their useless report…

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200281 Briseadh na Faire Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:08:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200281 Katy, thanks. I stand corrected. As Maxwell Smart used to say, "Missed it by that much!" Katy, thanks. I stand corrected.

As Maxwell Smart used to say, “Missed it by that much!”

]]> By: mr JJ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200273 mr JJ Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:04:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200273 <strong>GW Bush's legacy... The Middle East left in shambles & Americas prestige and reputation torn and shattered</strong>. http://www.icasualties.org/oif/default.aspx HECK OF A JOB jR!! GW Bush’s legacy…

The Middle East left in shambles & Americas prestige and reputation torn and shattered.

http://www.icasualties.org/oif/default.aspx

HECK OF A JOB jR!!

]]> By: mparker http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200244 mparker Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:53:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200244 #21 - That's the nutshell. I agree. Bush is going to be really angry when he tries to refute the report. I can't wait to hear that speech. The blame will all be on the Iraqi's by then. It's already started. #21 – That’s the nutshell. I agree. Bush is going to be really angry when he tries to refute the report. I can’t wait to hear that speech. The blame will all be on the Iraqi’s by then. It’s already started.

]]> By: JMiller http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200198 JMiller Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:31:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200198 #19: December 7th is reserved for the President to declare that he's heard and understood what the group has said, but that they're wrong and we're "adapting to stay the win, of course." #19: December 7th is reserved for the President to declare that he’s heard and understood what the group has said, but that they’re wrong and we’re “adapting to stay the win, of course.”

]]> By: Austin Fire http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200190 Austin Fire Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:28:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200190 You know that Bush is having another study done so as not to have the Baker Group as the only recommended ideas. Of course, he will select the study done by his selected group, not the Baker Group. Why are they taking so long to get this out? And the Baker Group does not even include one military person in there to give advice on how to handle a military situation. Don't hope for much from either group, as Bush will not pay attention to either one. It is just a waste of time and money and lives for his photo-ops. You know that Bush is having another study done so as not to have the Baker Group as the only recommended ideas. Of course, he will select the study done by his selected group, not the Baker Group.

Why are they taking so long to get this out? And the Baker Group does not even include one military person in there to give advice on how to handle a military situation. Don’t hope for much from either group, as Bush will not pay attention to either one. It is just a waste of time and money and lives for his photo-ops.

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200177 katy Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:23:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200177 <em>Now the Iraq Study Group will present its findings on the day America was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor... Comment by Briseadh na Faire — November 29, 2006 @ 3:18 pm</em> still creepy, but pearl harbor was attacked on the 7th... Now the Iraq Study Group will present its findings on the day America was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor…
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — November 29, 2006 @ 3:18 pm

still creepy, but pearl harbor was attacked on the 7th…

]]> By: shirt http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200162 shirt Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:14:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200162 Perhaps Baker would be so good as to define victory in simple single sylable words so Crawford's village idiot can understand it. Clearly, victory, being three sylables, is beyond him. Perhaps Baker would be so good as to define victory
in simple single sylable words so Crawford’s village idiot can understand it. Clearly, victory, being three sylables, is beyond him.

]]> By: Raven http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200094 Raven Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:52:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200094 I'm remembering another song, perhaps by the Clash as well: I nominate "Saved by Zero" to be the official legacy anthem for Emperor Zero, who fiddles as Iraq, New Orleans, Darfur and the Amazon basin burns............. I’m remembering another song, perhaps by the Clash as well:
I nominate “Saved by Zero” to be the official legacy anthem for Emperor Zero, who fiddles as Iraq, New Orleans, Darfur and the Amazon basin burns………….

]]> By: Hardy Haberman http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200081 Hardy Haberman Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:51:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200081 Face it, the Al-Sadir folks just pulled out of the government and without them there is no consensus for anything. Iraq is lost and Bush is living in fairyland. Enough already. Face it, the Al-Sadir folks just pulled out of the government and without them there is no consensus for anything. Iraq is lost and Bush is living in fairyland. Enough already.

]]> By: Raven http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200057 Raven Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:41:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200057 At the pace of the current unfolding events, their findings may well be irrelevant...... "One day it's white, the next it's black.. so if you want me off your back...." At the pace of the current unfolding events, their findings may well be irrelevant……

“One day it’s white, the next it’s black..
so if you want me off your back….”

]]> By: steve_e http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200043 steve_e Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:37:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200043 Take your time. It's not like anyone is dying while you dither... Take your time. It’s not like anyone is dying while you dither…

]]> By: Zimzone http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200014 Zimzone Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:19:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200014 #11, Good one! That band had another hit, 'London Calling'...<em>who just announced troop reductions in the thousands in '07.</em> #11,
Good one!
That band had another hit, ‘London Calling’…who just announced troop reductions in the thousands in ‘07.

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1200010 Briseadh na Faire Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:18:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1200010 Remember the NIE that was mentioned in the run-up to the election? The one which was not made public? The one which purportedly showed the situation on the ground far worse than the NIE from last April? And remember FOX News saying, 'Civil War in Iraq; could this be a good thing?' Then there were all the Republicans before the election saying we were in World War III, or IV, or V or whatever. <strong>Now the Iraq Study Group will present its findings on the day America was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. Of course, there's no symbolism in that date, is there? And all the Project for a New American Century needed was another Pearl Harbor to jump start its push for renewed American Imperialism using the power of the American Military to forward American Interests.</strong> It will be interesting to see how many times Pearl Harbor and World War II will be invoked. (Oh, and remember, the Bush family fortune was made by bankrolling Hitler's War-machine.) Remember the NIE that was mentioned in the run-up to the election? The one which was not made public? The one which purportedly showed the situation on the ground far worse than the NIE from last April?

And remember FOX News saying, ‘Civil War in Iraq; could this be a good thing?’

Then there were all the Republicans before the election saying we were in World War III, or IV, or V or whatever.

Now the Iraq Study Group will present its findings on the day America was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. Of course, there’s no symbolism in that date, is there? And all the Project for a New American Century needed was another Pearl Harbor to jump start its push for renewed American Imperialism using the power of the American Military to forward American Interests.

It will be interesting to see how many times Pearl Harbor and World War II will be invoked. (Oh, and remember, the Bush family fortune was made by bankrolling Hitler’s War-machine.)

]]> By: ItsJustKarma http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1199991 ItsJustKarma Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:11:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1199991 Study Group: After careful consideration we adopted the lyrics of a song from the Band 'Clash': "Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble An if I stay it will be double So come on and let me know Should I stay or should I go now?" Study Group: After careful consideration we adopted the lyrics of a song from the Band ‘Clash’:

“Should I stay or should I go now?
If I go there will be trouble
An if I stay it will be double
So come on and let me know
Should I stay or should I go now?”

]]> By: shmo http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1199971 shmo Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:01:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1199971 Conclusion: Iraq is <em>very</em> noisy. Conclusion: Iraq is very noisy.

]]> By: james k. sayre http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1199939 james k. sayre Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:49:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/the-iraq-study-group/#comment-1199939 "It's my slaughterhouse and I'll smirk if I want to..." - The Decider. “It’s my slaughterhouse and I’ll smirk if I want to…”

- The Decider.

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