Oh, yeah... The ISG is DEFINITELY in the toilet
when you see a well-spun headline like this on the wapo's front page, you can figure the isg is toast...
but, wait, there's more...
can i make a suggestion as to whom that team should include...? bush himself, first of all, followed by cheney, hadley, condi, and abe... oh, yes, and rove... yes, i know rove is not officially on the national security "team," but i am sure his influence is in there somewhere... Submit To Propeller
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Experts Advise Bush Not to Reduce Troops
President Looking Beyond Study Group's Plan
By Michael A. Fletcher and Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, December 12, 2006; Page A01
President Bush heard a blunt and dismal assessment of his handling of Iraq from a group of military experts yesterday, but the advisers shared the White House's skeptical view of the recommendations made last week by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, sources said.
The three retired generals and two academics disagreed in particular with the study group's plans to reduce the number of U.S. combat troops in Iraq and to reach out for help to Iran and Syria, according to sources familiar with the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the session was private.
but, wait, there's more...
[T]he experts agreed that the president should review his national security team, which several characterized as part of the problem.
can i make a suggestion as to whom that team should include...? bush himself, first of all, followed by cheney, hadley, condi, and abe... oh, yes, and rove... yes, i know rove is not officially on the national security "team," but i am sure his influence is in there somewhere... Submit To Propeller
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12/12/2006
