Panned in Baghdad

James Baker and company are idiots.

Iraqis reject the Baker-Hamilton report.

Friday, December 15, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST

Iraq
Study Group Chairmen Jim Baker and Lee Hamilton have spent the past
week defending their report against withering criticism here in the
U.S. But the more revealing reaction has been from Iraq itself:
"Unrealistic," "inappropriate" and "very dangerous" are among the
kinder words used by Iraq's leaders to describe the ISG's work.

Consider
Jalal Talabani. A secular-minded Kurd who has probably done more than
any other leader to reach out across the country's sectarian divides,
Iraq's President is no doubt sympathetic to the report's calls for
"national reconciliation." But he reacted strongly to the ISG's
suggestion that American support for his democratically elected
government be conditioned on its meeting U.S.-determined "milestones"
toward that goal. That, he said, was an "insult to the people of Iraq."

Mr.
Talabani was also critical of the ISG's specific ideas for achieving
reconciliation. Having helped bring such Sunni leaders as Adnan Dulaimi
into the political process, he clearly understands the importance of
giving the Sunnis a fair deal. But he bristled at the report's idea
that reconciliation should be achieved through concessions to members
of Saddam's Baath Party and other Sunni rejectionists. Fellow Kurdish
leader Massoud Barzani echoed that criticism, saying the ISG wanted to
reward "those who are against the political process and have conducted
acts of violence."

Finish the job.

Let the troops kill the fucking insurgents and let them restore order to that fucking hell hole and be done with it.

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