Or the military for that matter. Have you ever noticed that the military is never consulted in these circuses..?
I googled their bios and found that Gelb worked in the State and Defense departments in the 60's and authored a book entitled THE IRONY OF VIETNAM.
Ricks is a Washington Post reporter covering the Pentagon and is a Pulitzer winner who has covered the military in the Middle East...so far, okay...but he also authored a book on the "fragile moral fiber that binds our armed forces".
Pollard is w/the Brookings Institute, a ME expert, and is pro-Iraqi war.
I don't know why George Will, Bill Kristol, or Sandy Berger...much less Anthony Lake or Thomas Friedman had credentials for a consultation.
The military wasn't consulted...but, SANDY BURGLER was!!!
But, good news---Clifford May was consulted, and he told Pres. Bush at a Christmas party the other night, that if HE were the POTUS, he would throw the ISG report in the trash!!! LOL