Schadow
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 Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject: Conclusion First, Debate Afterwards |
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That's the title of a piece by Michael Rubin writing in the Weekly Standard about the much-heralded Baker-Hamilton Commission's surrender advice to the President on Iraq. Here's the opening 'graph which about says it all (emphasis added):
| Quote: | Conclusion First, Debate Afterwards
The stacked Baker-Hamilton Commission.
by Michael Rubin
10/30/2006, Volume 012, Issue 07
POLICYMAKERS ARE ABUZZ with the explosive recommendations for U.S. policy toward Iraq soon to be released by the Baker-Hamilton Commission: Abandon democracy, seek political compromise with the Sunni insurgents, and engage Tehran and Damascus as partners to secure stability in their neighbor. While former secretary of state James Baker and former representative Lee Hamilton said they would withhold their report until after the elections on November 7 to avoid its politicization, they have discussed their findings with the press. On October 8, for example, Baker appeared on ABC's This Week, and the next day he discussed the group's findings with Charlie Rose. On October 12, both Baker and Hamilton appeared on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
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The report by the 9/11 Commission, as we know, has been regarded by the Left as having been written by the Oracle of Delphi and its recommendations Holy Writ, to be ignored at one's peril. I'm sure the Baker/Hamilton surrender document will be similarly regarded - and politicized.
The full Rubin article gives the doubtful credentials of other members of the commission. I really thought Jim Baker was made of better stuff. Sad.
Schadow
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