Matt Corley: The Giuliani campaign claims he quit the ISG because it became too political but Rudy really left for the reason he does almost everything--money.
Taylor Marsh: First Rudy quits the Iraq Study Group to raise money for himself, now victims' family members say "He did nothing" on Sept. 11th. That "9/11 armor" is thinner than he thought.
What deserves far greater attention in the Iraq Study Group report is its conclusion that there is no military solution to the American dilemma in Iraq, and that the only way out is negotiation.
Michael Schwartz, TomDispatch.com. December 14, 2006.
Pulling out of Iraq would be an imperially momentous decision. It would mean the abandonment of more than two decades of American foreign policy in the Middle East.
Patrick Cockburn, The Independent UK. December 11, 2006.
DC can't stop distorting the unpopularity of the occupation in Iraq: the Iraq Study Group revealed that on one day last July US officials reported 93 attacks or significant acts of violence. In reality, it added, "a careful review of the reports ... brought to light 1,100 acts of violence."
David Swanson, davidswanson.org. December 8, 2006.
Congress passed a law banning permanent bases in Iraq and the Baker-Hamilton Report suggests that Bush state we don't have long-term plans - meanwhile, construction continues.
