This crap comes from the "International Institute of Strategic Studies".
Checking out their web site, I find no name that is recognizable except for Dr Fareed Zakaria. Remember him? He is the anti-Bush creep who appears on George Stephanopolous' Sunday morning program.
That alone is enough to make me suspicious of anything that they say.
Is he against the President? Very surprising. I do know that a couple of years ago, Ms. Rice invited him to the White House, to discuss American policy in the Middle East.