Jim Baker Comes To Bush's Aid

" The war in Iraq is not going well." These are the words of the Baker /Hamilton group two days ago when they released their findings and recommendations  concerning Iraq. Well, at least we know this group has the ability to state the obvious. We have children across America playing with their legos as we speak who could have told us as much. But what's so disconcerting about the message of this groups report is that it gives the Bush White house an out to conduct his policies as if nothing was wrong. The man George Bush has to thank the most for this latest gift is James Baker, the fixer, has he is known is many circles.

James Baker had been one if the strongest supporters of the war long before the first bomb was dropped. So it was little wonder that Bush/Cheney chose him to head the group. This gave the administration an inherent loophole regardless of what was found in the investigation of war. From the beginning it was apparent that Baker was going to come out against troop withdraw. Jim Baker had worked under the first Bush administration and played much more than a minor role in the first invasion of Iraq on January 17th 1991. He would later criticize George H.W.Bush for what he considered premature withdraw from Operation Desert Storm. In fact, he was certainly one of the biggest supporters of those argues that the U.S. should have over thrown Saddam before U.S. forces had left Iraq. Bush responded with a letter predicting that the toppling of Saddam could mean the mass destabilization of the country and would force the U.S. to play the role of occupiers.  In the end, the two never saw to eye to eye on the subject and the cease fire that was worked out between Baghdad and Washington left a bad taste in Baker's mouth.

so with their man on the panel, Washington now has the freedom to further argue that the U.S. needs to stay in Iraq for the foreseeable future. In fact, the report stated that any immediate departure of American troops would prove to be worse than if we stay. This is despite the fact that Iraq is in a civil war and that more than 90% of the country want to see the U.S leave Iraq right away. Further more, most earlier studies surrounding the violence suggested that it was the presence of American troops in Iraq that is fueling the fighting and, when left to their own devises, the citizen's who are the most affected by the conflict can work something out to bring peace back to their country. It's highly doubtful that any of these studies were mentioned anywhere in this report. And with the country already in a civil war,  it is unclear how things  could get much worse than it is now. It also didn't hurt that Baker was teamed up with a highly mailable Democrat in Hamilton.

For more on this story you can checkout the link below. Until next time.  

http://www.groundhog.tv/apps/editor/staticplayer.jsp?clip=1165611071980.wmv

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