Iraq Report done by "Surrender Monkeys"

Hey folks,

I just cannot get away for this report. It IS all over the place. Do not worry, "Just My Thoughts" coming up in a little bit. But I HAVE to comment on this one report I saw yesterday. The New York Post put on their front page, Baker and Hamilton as monkeys, the headline "Surrender Monkeys" Even the LA Times pointed this out.

LATimes- "Iraq report gets mixed reception in Congress"


"At the other end, the New York Post derided Baker and his co-chairman, former Rep. Lee H. Hamilton (D-Ind.), on its front page as "Surrender Monkeys," and included photo illustrations of two simians wearing the elder statesmen's faces."

{Laughing hard, tear to eye, banging hand on desk} "Surrender Moneys?" Now I said,

"Look folks, it’s really simple. This report is not worth the paper it is written on. It’s the same old stuff. So I’ll let the mass media drones and the Liberals have fun with it. All in all, it really means NOTHING."

I just responded to Sam that I truly believe THIS to be what really went on with this group.

"They have been saying now for years. "This is an un-just war. We cannot win. We need to turn over the situation to someone else.{UN, now Iran and Syria} We need to bring our troops home. ETC." then they said to themselves, "Not enough people in this country believe as we do. We need to create a "consensus." of our view. Let’s go there. Spend some time, interview some people, and come back and put in writing, what we believe. This will show the mass population that we care. We went there, at great risk to ourselves. We studied the situation there. Here is what we ‘found.’ Then we will have the Mass Media report this. That WE know now how devastating the situation is. That Bush failed. And that WE know best."

This is EXACTLY what is happening. The MMD is reporting daily how "dire" the situation is, we cannot win, we must talk to Iran. Bush MUST listen to this report. Problem is, Bush is smarter than that. He is not bound by ANYTHING to do with this report."

But even I have not gone so far as to call them "Surrender Monkeys." {Laughing again} The LA Times said yesterday, that this report is NOT being received the way that it was intended. They pointed out the fact that even a lot of Politicians are trying to distance themselves from it. They also give, unknown if this was intentional, a clear picture of how desperate Baker is to make this report matter. The article by Maura Reynolds and Doyle McManus reads,

"WASHINGTON — The co-chairmen of the Iraq Study Group urged Congress on Thursday to build a bipartisan consensus around their recommendations and use it to press President Bush to change course in Iraq.

They didn't get their wish."

{Laughing} I’m sorry folks. This is hilarious.

""I hope we don't treat this like a fruit salad, and say, 'I like this, but I don't like that,' " former Secretary of State James A. Baker III pleaded before the Senate Armed Services Committee as it considered the findings of the report.

The senators promptly ignored his request, picking and choosing among the panel's findings, praising some and condemning others.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) disagreed strongly with the panel's call for a withdrawal of most U.S. combat troops by early 2008, calling it "a recipe that will lead to our defeat.""

Amen,

"Sens. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) questioned the commission's proposal that the administration approach Iran in search of help in stabilizing Iraq.

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) seemed skeptical of Baker's view that Israel could help by returning the occupied Golan Heights to Syria.

And Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) took issue with the panel's suggestion that the United States should consider warning Iraq's government that U.S. troops could be withdrawn unless political reforms accelerate.

All those critiques came on top of earlier negative reactions. At one end of the spectrum, war critic Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) complained that the panel didn't call for a rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops."

Murtha is nothing more than a corrupt idiot, and part of the dying LWL.

"At the other end, the New York Post derided Baker and his co-chairman, former Rep. Lee H. Hamilton (D-Ind.), on its front page as "Surrender Monkeys," and included photo illustrations of two simians wearing the elder statesmen's faces."

Here is one of the biggest understatements of the year,

"It wasn't exactly the reception Baker and Hamilton had in mind."

Now listen to this exchange between Senator John Warner and James Baker,

"Yes, the Congress is very impressed with your report," Warner said. "But … before the Congress rushes in, I'm just hopeful we can have all points."

Baker pressed his case: "Could you say, 'This is good until something better comes along'?"

Warner demurred. "I'll let your question stand unanswered," he said.

"I’ll let your question stand unanswered." It was a desperation and idiotic question. Baker wants so badly to have this report MEAN something. They all risked life and limb to go there and do this in-depth investigation and comeback to let YOU people know, what they "found."

Here is what Hamilton said attempting to help their cause,

"Our work and our ideas have been taken seriously," Hamilton said. "Part of it is just the environment in the country today, which is desperate for a solution in Iraq.

Yes, seriously as a joke. Seriously as something NOT to do. Then you have to get this point. When talking about asking "Little Hitler" for help,

""They are, after all, supporting Hezbollah, which gathers people in the square in Beirut to shout 'Death to America,' " Lieberman said. "Why is there any reasonable belief that the Iranians should do any of the things that you think they should do?"

Baker acknowledged that Iran would probably prefer to see the United States fail in Iraq, but pointed out that they were helpful during military operations in Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks.

"We suspect they will not come" to regional discussions, Baker said. "But what do we lose by approaching them, in the same way that this same administration has approached them with respect to Afghanistan?""

So he KNOWS Iran wants us to fail in Iraq, yet he STILL wants to talk to them? These guys either just do not get it, or they do not actually care. They see this as a case of, if we lose in Iraq, Bush bad. They are justified. But as I keep warning you about, they are not just playing with our soldiers live’s, they are playing with YOURS. Maybe they really are "Surrender Monkeys."
Peter