About that Iraq Study Group…
14 November 2006 5:37 pm by Taylor Marsh
About that Iraq Study Group…
James Baker – US Secretary of State, 1989-92
James F. Dobbins – US Ambassador to the EU, 1991-93
Charles W. Freeman, Jr. – US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia,
1989-92
Lawrence Eagleburger – Secretary of State, 1992-1993 (taking
Robert M. Gates, nominee for SecDef)
Lee H. Hamilton – 9-11 Commission vice chairman
Vernon Jordan – Advisor to Bill Clinton
Ed Meese – Attorney General under Reagan, 1985-88
Sandra Day O'Connor – US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006
Leon Panetta – Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff, 1994-96
William J. Perry – US Secretary of Defense, 1994-97
Chuck Robb – US Senator from Virginia, 1989-2001
Alan Simpson – US Senator from Wyoming, 1979-1997
I covered this on my radio show. (Podcasts
are now available for those interested.)
But look at the list above.
Leon Panetta?
James F. Dobbins?
Sandra Day O'Connor? I guess I should be grateful there was at least
one woman included, but what the hell does she know about sectarian violence
in Iraq or any other Middle Eastern country, for that matter?
Nobody, not one person on the Iraq Study Group has any Middle East experience
or expertise.
Vernon Jordan?
Is this some kind of a joke?
Yes, Baker is an Arabist, and Freeman was an ambassador to Saudi Arabia, but
that's not exactly expert territory given that Shia are abducting Sunnis by
the dozens.
I'm worried. I was before, but now I am seriously worried and the
more I hear the larger my concerns grow.
Then today we heard Senator Harry Reid say something to the effect that we're
not going to force anything on Bush. Reid wants to work out some nice bipartisan
agreement. Of course it has to be bipartisan, but holy Bullhead City – Harry's bridge to almost nowhere, we won
the election on IRAQ. Now MAJORITY LEADER Reid is going to placate Bush and wait for his lead on Iraq?
Excuse me, but Iraq is falling apart. Or hasn't Harry heard?
Everyone is waiting for the Iraq Study Group findings, but given the group
what can we really expect? The answer scares the crap out of me, especially with Reid taking a wait
and see, go slow stance on Iraq, which isn't exactly what the voters went to
the polls for, now is it?
