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James A. Baker, III

Auteur van The Iraq Study Group Report

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Interesting. Gives you (somewhat) an idea of how-and-why we're still in the mess we're in over there. Overall though not much from a historical perspective of this timeframe (2005-2007 Iraq/US relations).
 
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BenKline | 8 andere besprekingen | Oct 1, 2015 |
Not particularly relevant at this point. Government study, so pretty dry, but there is definitely some interesting things in it.
 
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Jsaj | 8 andere besprekingen | Jan 13, 2011 |
A manual on how a great power can be Gulliver. Any one seeking a manual on defeatism should go no further than this little tome.

In January 2009 the results of participation in local elections all over Iraq was 51% according to the IHEC, Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission. The number of Iraqis who cast their votes 7.5 million. Voting centers in Baghdad and other 13 provinces were ready to receive 15 million eligible voters elected candidates to occupy all 440 seats in local councils.

On the other hand, the closet equivalent to the Iraqi vote, American off-year elections, run around 37%, the "normal" modern midterm voter participation rate. In pointed contrast, the lowest rate--40%--was in Anbar, the Sunni heartland west of Baghdad. The sprawling desert area was dominated in 2005 by al Qaeda in Iraq. Thus, in four years, the Americans succeeded in pushing out AQ in Iraq and Iraqis responded by voting with more confidence and a higher percentage of them voted than the average American.

Apparently the Americans are better at exporting democracy than they are at practicing it.

The defeatism of American leaders would be laughable if it were not so dangerous to American's security to have these people in positions of power. In December 2006, those purveyors of pessimism, The Iraq Study Group, concluded: "The situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating (p. xiii)." And again they concluded that the situation in Anbar, one of worst four provinces cited, was "highly insecure (p. 6)."
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gmicksmith | 8 andere besprekingen | Feb 1, 2009 |
Pretty dry. (Not that I was expecting a real page turner)

It looks like many of the policies could flow from the statement: "We want Iraq to be its own country, and as its own country, you can expect it to do things that the US would not do"... e.g.: Open up talks with Syria and Iran.
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