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Solutions for Iraq: A Panel Discussion
Ivan Eland, William Odom, Gareth Porter, Lawrence Korb, Peter Brookes, David Theroux

From the Independent Institute in Washington, DC, a panel discussion on the war in Iraq. Five authors talk about what is currently happening in Iraq and suggest ways for the U.S. to move forward. The panelists are: Independent Institute senior fellow Ivan Eland, author of "The Empire Has No Clothes"; former NSA director and current Hudson Institute senior fellow William Odom, co-author of "America’s Inadvertent Empire"; Inter Press Service analyst Gareth Porter, author of "Perils of Dominance"; Center for American Progress senior fellow Lawrence Korb, author of "Reshaping America’s Military"; and Heritage Foundation senior fellow Peter Brookes, author of "A Devil's Triangle." Opening remarks are delivered by Independent Institute founder and president David Theroux. Includes Q&A.

For more information on the panelists or the Independent Institute, visit www.independent.org


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1. About The Independent Institute

About The Independent Institute
The mission of The Independent Institute is to transcend the all-too-common politicization and superficiality of public policy research and debate, redefine the debate over public issues, and foster new and effective directions for government reform.

Today, the influence of partisan interests is so pervasive that public policy debate has become too politicized and is largely confined to a narrow reconsideration of existing policies. In order to fully understand the nature of public issues and possible solutions, the Institute’s program adheres to the highest standards of independent scholarly inquiry. The Institute’s program is pursued to rigorous standards without regard to any political or social biases.

http://independent.org/aboutus/

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2. Lawrence J. Korb

Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, is former Vice President and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and former Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration. His many books include The Fall and Rise of the Pentagon and Reshaping America’s Military.

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4. can't cut and run, can't stay the course

Looks like he basically likes Murtha's redeployment plan. Even recalling the polls from Iraq. They want us out.

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5. would enable us to bring the Guard home...

Where they belong!

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3. Thx, kick!

[LynnTheDem]

6. Solution? Two words.

GET. OUT.

And gee, that just happens to coincide with what the majority of IRAQIS have wanted since bush's illegal war of aggression invasion.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Solution: Get the hell out of their country.

Before they throw us out.

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8. Lt. Gen. William E. Odom

Lt. Gen. William E. Odom (Ret.)

Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and Professor at Yale University. He is former Director of the National Security Agency and Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence for the U.S. Army. He is the author of America’s Inadvertent Empire, The Collapse of the Soviet Military, and other books.

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9. We can't decide what to do next until

we go over the mistakes that got us here.

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10. Going over mistakes in Korea/Vietnam

"False Tonkin intel."

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11. Intel that took us into Iraq looks to me to be

incredibly un-informed

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12. This will turn out to be the greatest stratigic

mistake in US history.

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13. Ivan Eland

Ivan Eland

Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at The Independent Institute. He is former Principal Defense Analyst at the Congressional Budget Office and Evaluator-in-Charge (national security and intelligence) at the U.S. General Accounting Office. His books include The Empire Has No Clothes and Putting “Defense” Back Into U.S. Defense Policy.

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14. Admin won't pull out with out some way to save face.

I don't see how a rag tag Iraqi army is supposed to put down the insurgents when the world's most powerful army couldn't.

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20. It depends how many of the insurgents

are just fighting because we're there.

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15. Peter Brookes

Peter Brookes

Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs and Director of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation. He has been Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs, and he is author of the book, A Devil's Triangle: Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Rogue States.

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19. found the column...

http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,87774,00.html

what a waste of time :eyes:

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16. Just flipped it on

Thanks for the heads up.

Heritage guy. Bummer. More of the same.

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17. yea. I was looking for the column he was referencing NYPost...

no luck yet

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18. Gareth Porter

Gareth Porter

Independent Analyst with the Inter Press Service, a Foreign Policy in Focus scholar, and author of the book, Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam (University of California Press).