Top White House advisers to call for reversal of Bush policy in Iraq?

FinsburyParkCarrots

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6057740.stm

Note this bit:

"The bipartisan task force, which was asked by the US Congress to examine the effectiveness of American policy in Iraq, has reportedly been looking at two options, both of which would amount to a reversal of the Bush administration's stance.

One is the phased withdrawal of US troops, the other is to invite Syria and Iran to come into Iraq to help stop the fighting."

jlew24asu

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6057740.stm

Note this bit:

"The bipartisan task force, which was asked by the US Congress to examine the effectiveness of American policy in Iraq, has reportedly been looking at two options, both of which would amount to a reversal of the Bush administration's stance.

One is the phased withdrawal of US troops, the other is to invite Syria and Iran to come into Iraq to help stop the fighting."

option 1 good. option 2 is the worst idea possible.

polaris

what option is *stay the course*?

jlew24asu

polaris wrote:

what option is *stay the course*?

um this is a report that advisors wanted to "change the bush poilcy of Iraq". stay the course" isnt included

Abuskedti

jlew24asu wrote:

option 1 good. option 2 is the worst idea possible.

I like option 2.. we should have invited them to help find kill and disrupt the Al Qaeda.

jlew24asu

Abuskedti wrote:

I like option 2.. we should have invited them to help find kill and disrupt the Al Qaeda.

if they are willing and able to do that, great. however, I dont think they have any interest in fighting el qaeda. they support their cause.

Cosmo

Well... it's about fucking time someone else sees that this course we've been staying is shit.
I hope they consider that there is a great possibility that Iraq is going to become influenced by Iran. That is almost a sure thing. The majority Shi'ia in Iraq is going to gain power and control. There is nothing we can do about it, especially when we herald the elections as the greatest success in Iraq.
That train has left the station and there's nothing we can do about it. We need to look at the problems related to a nuclear capable Iran/Iraq block in the Middle East. What's the best way to deal with it?
Hell, I don't know... maybe we should install a brutal dictator in Iraq that uses fear and brutality to keep Iraq from becoming a Shi'ite dominated puppet of Iran.

Hope&Anger

jlew24asu wrote:

if they are willing and able to do that, great. however, I dont think they have any interest in fighting el qaeda. they support their cause.

This might be right. On the other hand, al Qaeda isn't exactly known for the great affection that it shows secular leaders like Assad in Syria. On the other hand, Assad doesn't really give them a reason to hate him 'cos he doesn't harass fundamentalists.

But it seems to me that during Israel's invasion of Lebanon, the organizational chart of Middle Eastern countries and the terrorist organizations they supported was pretty confused. So Hezbollah and al Qaeda were at each other's throats. And some countries were supporting some terrorists but not others.

Does anyone know the details? Does Syria fund al Qaeda? Or is Syria backing someone else?

Or, does it matter? Maybe it doesn't matter.

sonicreducer

i think einstein was right. WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones.