New Iraq report offers grim outlook

[babylonsister]

Now let's see Petraeus and Crocker spin this this week...

New Iraq report offers grim outlook

Posted April 6, 2008 3:25 PM
The Swamp

by Aamer Madhani


A new report released today by some of the same experts who advised the Iraq Study Group offers a pretty grim prognostication for the future of Iraq.

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The reports also offers some detail on how the U.S. could reduce its commitment in Iraq.

In one option, it suggests that Washington make future U.S support conditional on the Iraqis reaching a set of political goals that result in a decentralized government. The carrot would be that the U.S. maintain a significantly reduced presence to support such a government and train security forces.

But if the Iraqis fail to act, the second option the report offers is the unconditional withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, while expanding security operations outside of Iraq, bolstering the American diplomatic effort and continuing political support for the Iraqi government.

"This policy risks a complete failure of the Iraqi state, massive chaos and even genocide," the report says. "Should genocide occur, advocates of this policy believe the U.S. would have to intervene to stop it."

Read the entire report at link:

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/04/new_iraq_report_offers_grim_ou.html

[Rex]

1. Look, it is real easy - when you deny people clean water and electricity

for YEARS, destroy their schools and turn the political hierarchy into a criminal enterprise...well shit what do you expect citizens of a once secular country to do? NEVER, EVER will there be stability as long a there are political benchmarks. FUCKING SHIT ON A SHINGLE, did we not learn ANYTHING from Vietnam?

I mean SHIT. WHAT the fuck is it going to TAKE? How politically stupid do our leaders need to be? Must we congratulate willful ignorance with a raise? Can't someone stop this madness!?

We fucked up Iraq that Saddam had already fucked up, but built into a pretty modernized state after the 7 year war. We stand a chance at PERMANENTLY fucking up Iraq by setting conditional standards on a citizenry that considers us...wait for it...FORIEGN INVADERS!! HELLO!

Either wake the fuck up or watch Iraq blow up! Simple.

:rant: