I hope that they come to their senses after their anger subsides. Others are just dim operatives.
LLS
The Iraq Study Group
November 12, 2006
Email this Print this Since beginning work in March, the Baker-Hamilton study group has consulted with officials in Iraq and across the region and with current and former U.S. military commanders, analysts, commentators and academics.
What's expected is a call for Iraqis to assume control over a steadily increasing share of their own security.
The time frame should be set by the elected Iraqi government, not dictated by the United States, said Frederick Barton, a member of the study group, to help establish the government as an effective and credible democratic force.
A master deal maker who pulled together the U.S.-led coalition that defeated Iraq in the first Gulf War, James Baker is almost certain to advocate a new strategic dialogue with regional players, including Iran and Syria, as essential to stability. While President George W. Bush has long been committed to holding Iraq together as a single country, a strong federalist model -- as Iraq's post-war constitution calls for -- appears to be essential.
"It won't be cut and run. It'll be turn and walk," said retired Army Gen. Lawrence Wilkerson, professor of political science at the College of William and Mary.
"Turn and walk will take 18 months, maybe two years."
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