Iraq Study Group: "Unity More Important Than Victory"

Sorry I have to cite the USIP for this, but oh well.

Just wanted to bring up some points on this. They have already been touched on by others, but I really want to repeat them because it's entertaining.

Quote from page 32: "Externally, the United States should immediately begin to employ all elements of American power to construct a regional mechanism that can support, rather than retard, progress in Iraq."

All elements of American power. This is what I love about these appointed commissions. They're supposed to help the problem by coming up with complicated solutions us simpletons wouldn't be able to figure out on our own because they are smarter than us. Then what do they do? They state something and don't have to have any explaination or actual plan. They just have to say "All elements of American power." The people writing this don't even understand what that means. More quotes to prove my point.

Quote from the same page, next section, talking about Iran and Syria helping us out:

"This support structure should include every country that has an interest in averting a chaotic Iraq, including all of Iraq's neighbors-Iran and Syria among them."

Now, anyone with a brain cell in their skull knows that a stable Iraq is NOT in Iran or Syria's interest. The opposite is true. Why would they be funding rogue militias and Islamic militants and terrorists if they were interested in a unified Iraq. They don't want a unified Iraq. THEY WANT IRAQ!

Quote from recommendation 5 on page 36, talking about the Iraq Support Group:

"The Support Group should consist of Iraq and all the states bordering Iraq, including Iran and Syria; the key regional states, including Egypt and the Gulf States; the five permanent members of the UN Security Council; the EU; and, of course, Iraq itself."

Now, what is the first thing they say. Now look at the last thing they say. Idiots. The lot of them. They had over 6 months to write this report. This is supposed to be guiding our congress and president to be "more intelligent" about Iraq.

Quote from recommendation 19:

"The President and the leadership of his national security team should remain in close and frequent contact with the Iraqi leadership."

I would type that again if this post wasn't already so long. The stupidity contained in the last two statements is embarrassingly obvious and makes it harder and harder to dig through this thing, but over the next few days, I will hopefully have some more stuff for ya.