FEINGOLD: ISG Report Does Little To Change Flawed Mind-Set That Led To Misguided Iraq War

[kpete]

There is something wrong with these people.

...and, Russ Feingold from my inbox:


Unfortunately, the Iraq Study Group report does too little to change the flawed mind-set that led to the misguided war in Iraq. Maybe there are still people in Washington who need a study group to tell them that the policy in Iraq isn’t working, but the American people are way ahead of this report.

While the report has regenerated a few good ideas, it doesn’t adequately put Iraq in the context of a broader national security strategy. We need an Iraq policy that is guided by our top national security priority – defeating the terrorist network that attacked us on 9/11 and its allies. We can’t continue to just look at Iraq in isolation. Unless we set a serious timetable for redeploying our troops from Iraq, we will be unable to effectively address these global threats. In the end, this report is a regrettable example of ‘official Washington’ missing the point.

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2006_12_03_atrios_archive.html#116543027607955860

[Mass]

1. Happy to see his answer.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. When most of the flawed minds

were the same ones that planned this disaster to begin with, what do we expect?

[patrice]

3. They missed the point on purpose. It's just window dressing.

So their supporters can say "We ARE doing something about Iraq" without actually doing anything about Iraq.