Brent Budowsky: Major Mistake: Agreeing to Bipartisan Iraq Group

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Major Mistake: Agreeing to Bipartisan Iraq Group
by Brent Budowsky | Jan 31 2007 - 5:14pm |

Today, George W. Bush is one of the most dangerous men in the world. With an Iraq policy in collapse, escalating the mistakes that led to failure, and catastrophic loss of public support he is considering another preemptive war, against Iran.

For Democratic leaders to agree to a sham bipartisan group sends a radically dangerous signal to Bush and Cheney.
They will conclude rightly or wrongly, that Congress lacks the will to resist whatever moves he makes.

Today there is a perception management campaign underway, similar to the pre-war campaign about WMD in Iraq, designed to condition the public and Congress to accept action against Iran.

Since the election the President has shown contempt for any semblance of biparisanship; contempt for what the voters sought in the election; contempt for the military judgment of commanders he ignored; contempt for Democrats and Republicans in Congress; contempt for the bipartisan good faith of the Baker Hamilton Group; and contempt for the very idea of diplomacy.

Meanwhile the gunboats have been sent to threaten Iran; the selective and deceptive leaks have begun; and the totality of policy is escalation in Iraq and war threats against Iran. This is disastrous policy, and attacking Iran could set off a great conflagration across the Middle East that would inflame regional religious war and even graver threats to our troops in Iraq.

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