It’s a cherished tradition in halls of power: keep asking for advice until someone tells you what you want to hear.
Michael A. Fletcher and Thomas E. Ricks of the Washington Post report that and Mister Bush and Dick Cheney met with three retired generals and two academics on Monday to discuss the Iraq situation. The group, which included former four-star MSNBC analysts Barry McCaffrey and Wayne Downing, gave a dismal assessment of Iraq, and an even more dismal assessment of the Iraq Study Group’s recommendations. They were especially critical of the ISG’s suggestions to reduce troop levels and to hold talks with Iran and Syria, suggestions that Bush has already dismissed.
The “experts” still believe Iraq is “winnable.”
It looks more and more like the “new way forward” will be the “more of the same way sidewards.”
Read the rest at Pen and Sword.
Commander Jeff Huber, U.S. Navy (Retired) writes from Virginia USA.
