December 10, 2006
THE STARK DICHOTOMY:
Bush and Iraq Study Group: Competing visions for Middle East: The president talks of Iraqi democracy, but the report stresses regional stability. (Howard LaFranchi, 12/11/06, The Christian Science Monitor)
Last month in Riga, Latvia, Bush extolled the transformational power of a democratic Iraq. He has not given up on the idea of a functioning democracy as the answer to Iraq's ills - indeed, Weekly Standard editor William Kristol has taken to calling him "the last neocon." In stark contrast, the study group's report emphasizes stability as the most pressing need, passing over goals of regional freedom and democracy.
You can hardly put the difference better: the folks embracing the Commission are those who would prefer that you were a permanent slave than a temporary nuisance. Posted by Orrin Judd at December 10, 2006 5:47 PM
Comments
"Stability"--code word for having been bought off by Saudi money.
Posted by: Lou Gots at December 10, 2006 8:43 PMMr. Gots, I think that the Saudis found the people who agreed with them and gave them funding. There have always been those who just want the screaming to stop... Not corrupt, small of soul. I'm sure that Baker and Carter would sell out the Jews for free.
Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at December 10, 2006 9:16 PM