[Torie]

I want to read the 79 points before I come to a judgment. I want to read what it says about the interplay of Iraqi forces and their loyalty to sectarian forces and the Iraq nation. If it does not address the issue of civil war, and how to cope with it, other than chatting with two members of the Axis of Evil, than the report is essentially worthless. The issue is how to pressure Iraq forces to cast aside, mitigate, sectarian tendencies, and if they don't, how to move to partition de facto in a rather "orderly" way. If that issue was not dealt with, then it missed the point.

I did note the suggestion that Israel give up the Golan Heights. That might be OK after Syria takes measures to castrate Hezbollah, and cuts off the flow of bad stuff to Iraq, and then gets the reward. That of course won't happen. If it is handed over, with Syria undertaking to do something in the future, that of course is nutter.

[Sabramerican]

That might be OK,

It will never be Ok, no matter what Syria now does or promises.

They used the high ground to attack Israel several times. Do they get unlimited do overs? Never punished.

Do you want a situation where the Arabs can never lose? Attack at will. If Israel successfully defends, we go back to square one. If Israel loses, we can add an Israeli wing to Holocaust museums.