The unfortunate thing is that the Democrats won control of the Congress. That is unfortunate for America regardless of how many moonbats are happy about it. The moonbats are the ones pushing the same agenda that the elected Democrats are in favor of ...

We should not have invaded. It was stupid. The people of the U. S., as well as the people of Iraq, have paid, and will long continue to pay, a heavy price.

It was wolves in sheep's clothing, ex lefties and ex Marxists, who adopted the deceptive name "neo con" and bamboozled the hapless - and the guy I voted for twice - Bush 43 into a disaster for us and disgrace for himself.

Not any more. Not with the pot boiling over. At most, we could shoot enough people to keep it simmering but not boiling over. "They create a desert, and call it peace."

All it amounts to, in the real world, is probably that we can now talk about "getting out of Iraq" without being stigmatized as defeatist Democrat Osama-lovers.

Whatever cautions the report has about *how* to get out will be ignored. It's like giving your teen the car keys, and then adding, "btw, don't speed, don't do this, don't do that," while he can't hear you b/c he's peeling out of the driveway.

But this administration has refused to do this for 3 years and insisted on trying to fight this war on the cheap.

Until it changes this policy I would like a pony to go with my study group recommendations.

No sh*t, Sherlock! Their belief is a true one, based upon legislation of Congress and pronouncements of the current administration. If I remember my epistemology aright that makes it "knowledge", not "belief".

This daftness is a single indication of the over-arching theme of the whole document - domestic fence-sitting while advocating the preposterous and undoable of foreign nations (including Israel - you're right there, JJ). Then there's that huge CYA caveat you mention...

Sheesh. This is what everyone was waiting for and pretending would make a difference? Still, at least every politician in the nation will be able to pick and choose the bits he likes and present them to the voters as somehow "different" from all the other bits - all depending upon which bits he thinks the voters will like best, of course. And there will still be plenty of foreign scapegoats to blame when it doesn't work.

Truly, American foreign policy is domestic vote-grabbing that is then inflicted upon foreigners, often to their violent detriment.

Regards, C

Well, that's one reason we get in trouble in the Mideast -- we think Palestine has nothing to do with A, B, and C, and the Muslims disagree with us on that.

We need regional support for an Iraqi settlement, and that's not forthcoming so long as we're Israel's fight manager.