Iraq Study Group 2.0?

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/21/iraq-study-group-20/

Iraq Study Group 2.0?

The Crypt reports:

The Iraq Study Group might get a second go-round. Legislation pushed by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), which is now law, directs the U.S. Institute of Peace to support a second version of the commission that would send former Rep. Lee Hamilton and former Secretary of State James Baker III and two other commissioners to Iraq to assess the situation. Hamilton has told the Institute that he is prepared to go, according to Hamilton and an Institute spokesman.

“I think they could really be an asset,” said Wolf. “They ought to do it sooner and not later.” The Iraq Study Group initially recommended negotiations with neighboring countries and a gradual troop withdrawal. A second report, however, is waiting on Baker.

[TwilightGardener]

1. Let me guess: This time the ISG will recommend keeping 100,00+ troops in Iraq

for at least ten years, and this time, Congress will put it into legislation, and Chimpy will sign it! Yay! :puke:

[rodeodance]

2. yeah--lets see if bush can have a second surge. This is the group that recommended

a temporary surge recall.

[applegrove]

3. Since the first Iraq Study Group was just a way to put Iraq on the back

burner for the Repukes during the 06 election season I would not be surprised to see it trotted out again. The neocons in Canada did the same thing with an eminent persons group to study Afghanistan..at a time when the neocons thought there might be an election.