First as tragedy, then as farce. Apologies to the person who recently made a comment at this site referring to Shrubjefe as "Oedipus Tex"--wish I could find the comment so I could give credit where it's due...but I can't for some reason.
Anyway...link. And link.
But far more troubling is the notion that the Bush administration has shaped its escalation plan in part to spite the ISG.
Although the president was publicly polite, few of the key Baker-Hamilton recommendations appealed to the administration, which intensified its own deliberations over a new “way forward” in Iraq. How to look distinctive from the study group became a recurring theme.
As described by participants in the administration review, some staff members on the National Security Council became enamored of the idea of sending more troops to Iraq in part because it was not a key feature of Baker-Hamilton.
Placing politics above national security...for Team Bush, it's nothing new, of course. But you'd think they'd finally have figured out just how high the stakes are...I guess not, though. Geez.
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