They don't need any advice.

[spindrifter]

It's the perfect set-up, but there won't be any winners.

W screws up the Iraq War big-time. The people are pissed. Things are looking bad. Ta-Da! Poppy sends in James Baker and the Bipartisans to try to save the day. JB and the Bi's produce recommendations--not perfect, but enough to provide a foundation for changing the course of W's Debacle.

Pssssh, fizzle, splat!

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Bush likely to reject study group call for withdrawal from Iraq

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Saturday December 16, 2006
The Guardian


The White House was yesterday considering an even deeper military commitment in Iraq, with a short-term deployment of 20,000 extra forces to Baghdad, a day after the US army chief warned that the force could break under the strain of the war.
Meanwhile, the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, ruled out a diplomatic overture to Syria and Iran to enlist their support in stemming the chaos in Iraq.

The two developments reinforce reports that the White House is leaning towards a broad rejection of the recommendations from the Iraq Study Group for a withdrawal of US combat forces by early 2008, and for the opening of talks with Tehran and Damascus.

Although George Bush has yet to reveal his new strategy for the war, deferring that announcement to the New Year, Ms Rice indicated that the administration's highly visible review of its policies in Iraq is unlikely to lead to major changes.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1973461,00.html

[Elidor]

1. Two years from now...

We'll be discussing how the extra troops were supposed to be a "short-term deployment," but were never removed.