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Originally posted by Spanky
Are you and I talkinng about the same report? I admit I only read the executive summary, but I thought the report said just the opposit.
Diplomacy. James Baker has already admitted the Iranians have and will probably continue to refuse to work with us (but he thought it was important to get their refusal out in the open).
Tactics: What significant change in tactics?
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How can you agree with Slave's post, that the report (if he meant something else by the "wise men," I'm totally off base) didn't recommend any change, and then tell me that I'm wrong that the report didn't say we can pull out immediately?
I think the report, including the executive summary, said we could/should probably pull most US military out by mid-2008. I don't consider that immediate.
I think the diplomancy stuff in the report said more than "hey, get with Iran-- OK, that's it on our diplomacy recommendations!" And it may be that getting the Iran refusal out in the open would sway other allies toward us.
Tactics -- fuck if I know, but if the report has us withdrawing relatively soon, (a) that in itself is a change in tactics and (b) to get to that point, there'd have to be a change in the current tactics.
