Comments on: Iraq: The New Korea http://poligazette.com/2007/05/30/iraq-the-new-korea/ Politics and world events from a moderately liberal and conservative perspective Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:34:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: kritter http://poligazette.com/2007/05/30/iraq-the-new-korea/#comment-5297 kritter Thu, 31 May 2007 15:32:57 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2007/05/30/iraq-the-new-korea/#comment-5297 I read a piece in WaPo today by David Ignatius, in which he claims that Bush is planning to switch to the Baker-Hamilton plan at long last, after the conclusion of the surge. Here's a direct quote: He talked about a transition to a "different configuration" in Iraq after the surge of US troops is completed this summer. When pressed on whether he was talking about a post-surge Plan B, Bush answered: "actually I would call that a plan recommended by Baker-Hamilton, so that would be a Plan B-H." I read a piece in WaPo today by David Ignatius, in which he claims that Bush is planning to switch to the Baker-Hamilton plan at long last, after the conclusion of the surge. Here’s a direct quote:

He talked about a transition to a “different configuration” in Iraq after the surge of US troops is completed this summer.
When pressed on whether he was talking about a post-surge Plan B, Bush answered: “actually I would call that a plan recommended by Baker-Hamilton, so that would be a Plan B-H.”

]]> By: lthomas http://poligazette.com/2007/05/30/iraq-the-new-korea/#comment-5300 lthomas Wed, 30 May 2007 21:27:05 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2007/05/30/iraq-the-new-korea/#comment-5300 Everything I am hearing from Bush and being leaked to the press tells me he has settled upon the Rice doctrine of seeing the war on terror as perhaps a decades long struggle. They have decided that the way to go is to pull back. Redeploy, cut the forces down to around 100,000 and eventually closer to 60,000 troops and hopefully in 10 years perhaps only have 30,000 to 40,000 troops in Iraq. With the ultimate goal of only having a few thousand stationed there. Saudi Arabia, Egpyt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman and UAE were horrified that the Democrats ascended to both houses and their plan was to cut and run. So much so that the Saudis are now funding the Unity government in Palestine trying to prevent spillage and to prop up Bush and the USA in the middle east. As Kissinger said. Bush is villified and has made lots of mistakes but one thing he is dead right on. Iran and the chaos in the middle east is an extremely serious affair. If Iran gets nukes then everybody gets nukes and the world will have gone truly mad. Hate Bush, scream names at him but you best hope and pray he gets it right. We all better. Because there are big Named, heavy hitters out there that have turned pale at the what they are seeing transpiring in the middle east. Everything I am hearing from Bush and being leaked to the press tells me he has settled upon the Rice doctrine of seeing the war on terror as perhaps a decades long struggle. They have decided that the way to go is to pull back. Redeploy, cut the forces down to around 100,000 and eventually closer to 60,000 troops and hopefully in 10 years perhaps only have 30,000 to 40,000 troops in Iraq. With the ultimate goal of only having a few thousand stationed there.

Saudi Arabia, Egpyt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman and UAE were horrified that the Democrats ascended to both houses and their plan was to cut and run.

So much so that the Saudis are now funding the Unity government in Palestine trying to prevent spillage and to prop up Bush and the USA in the middle east.

As Kissinger said. Bush is villified and has made lots of mistakes but one thing he is dead right on. Iran and the chaos in the middle east is an extremely serious affair. If Iran gets nukes then everybody gets nukes and the world will have gone truly mad.

Hate Bush, scream names at him but you best hope and pray he gets it right. We all better. Because there are big Named, heavy hitters out there that have turned pale at the what they are seeing transpiring in the middle east.

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