Ever since former Secretary of State James Baker showed up on the Daily Show last week (watch the excellent interview here.) I have been wondering what those “alternatives” are he is supposedly is coming up with for the Bush administration to fix Iraq. And why is his groups paper coming out AFTER the election? Are the things they are dreaming up to “fix” Iraq really that extrodinary/extreme/scary?
The BBC has some insight:
Violence in Iraq could end “within months” if Iran and Syria joined efforts to stabilise the country, says Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
He told the BBC the move would “be the beginning of the end of terrorism”.
The idea for the US to open talks with Iran and Syria over Iraq is said to be under consideration by a panel of experts examining US policy on Iraq.
The panel, led by a former US secretary of state, is also said to think that “staying the course” is untenable. BBC
Gives a new meaning to the popular GOP-propaganda line “when they stand up, we stand down” doesn’t it? Handing Iraq over to Iran… and I thought I had heard it all.
