With their uncanny grasp of the obvious and their spending four whole DAYS in Iraq, this so called "Iraq Study Group", made up of a bunch of old, out of touch has-beens, came out with a 142 page report of nothing but bad ideas that have all been talked about, hashed over and over, than dismissed on their merits accordingly in the past two years by everyone in Washington and the world.

Their scathing report told the world and the American people that we failed miserably in Iraq and continue to due so without any chance of winning. It did not come up with any ideas on victory in Iraq, or winning for the people of Iraq, not to mention the U.S..

I think my personal favorite is the "kiss and make up with Iran and Syria" approach. This has got to be the most proof that all of these morons have had their heads far up their asses for a long time now... they still don't get it.

Maybe we should bring in Dhimmy Carter to talk with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about giving us a hand in Iraq.

Updates Below:

Jack Kelly writes: Report on Iraq underwhelming

PRESIDENT Kennedy once hosted a dinner for Nobel Prize winners. At the dinner he reportedly said, “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”

After reviewing the report of the Iraq Study Group, released Wednesday, New York Post editorial page editor John Podhoretz declared: “The nation’s capital hasn’t seen such concentrated wisdom in one place since Paris Hilton dined alone at the Hooters on Connecticut Avenue.”

Stratfor, a private intelligence service, said the ISG report was “underwhelming.” Retired Army intelligence officer Ralph Peters called it a “muddle of truisms and bad ideas.” The conservative National Review called it “an analytic embarrassment.” Fred Kaplan, military writer for the liberal Webzine Slate, said its recommendations were “a useless grab bag.” T. F. Boggs, an Army sergeant recently returned from his second tour in Iraq, said the recommendations were a “joke” that “could only have come from a group of old people who have been stuck in Washington for too long.”

The foremost recommendation of the ISG for a regional peace conference with Iran and Syria is surreal.

The ISG report notes (on page 46) that: “Iran has provided arms, financial support, and training for Shiite militias in Iraq. There are also reports that Iran has supplied improvised explosive devices to groups including Sunni Arab insurgents that attack U.S. forces.

“Syria also is playing a counterproductive role,” the report said. “Syrians look the other way as arms and foreign fighters flow across the border into Iraq, and former Baathist leaders find a safe haven within Syria.”

Despite these facts, the commissioners declare that Iran and Syria have an interest “in avoiding chaos in Iraq,” and that “Iran’s interest would not be served by a failure of U.S. policy in Iraq.” Iran’s leaders obviously think otherwise.

The truth, which the ISG’s aging luminaries lack more the guts than the brains to grasp, is that Iran and Syria are now our principal enemies, both in Iraq and in the broader war on terror. Without their interference, sectarian violence in Iraq would swiftly and sharply decline.

Iran is obviously listening closely because they have made an offer I'm sure the "Iraq Study Group" and many others on the left, would jump on in a minute if they could.

Iran sets conditions for Iraq talks with U.S.

Iran will only hold direct talks with the United States on Iraq if Washington announces plans to pull its troops out, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.

Mottaki was responding to the U.S. Iraq Study Group report, which recommended Washington should directly engage with Iran and Syria over Iraq, where violence is threatening to turn into civil war.

On the question of direct talks between Iran and the United States, "the first and most essential step ... is the United States announce they have decided to withdraw from Iraq", Mottaki told reporters at a security conference in Bahrain. He said that if the United States did announce a withdrawal "Iran is ready to help the administration to withdraw its troops from Iraq".

But Iran did not "see such political will yet in the United States".

Washington blames Iran and Syria for stirring up conflict in Iraq nearly four years after the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has suggested Tehran would demand some payback in return for any help on Iraq, probably over its nuclear programme, which the West fears could include nuclear weapons. Iran denies the nuclear weapons accusation.

Asked if Iran would ask for concessions if it helped with Iraq, Mottaki said: "Let the United States withdraw from Iraq first and then we could talk about the details."

Most Dems and the MSM have hailed the report nothing short of genius.
James Zogby calls it: "A stunning indictment of current policy."

What is it that they don't get?

Update 12/10/06: Talabani calls Iraq report 'dangerous'

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi president said Sunday the bipartisan U.S. report calling for a new approach to the war offered dangerous recommendations that would undermine his country's sovereignty and were "an insult to the people of
Iraq."

President Jalal Talabani was the most senior government official to take a stand against the Iraq Study Group report, which has come under criticism from leaders of the governing Shiite and Kurdish parties.

He said the report "is not fair, is not just, and it contains some very dangerous articles which undermine the sovereignty of Iraq and the constitution."

He singled out the report's call for the approval of a de-Baathification law that could allow thousands of officials from
Saddam Hussein's ousted Baath party to return to their jobs.

The Kurdish leader also criticized the call for increasing the number of U.S. troops embedded to train Iraqis from 3,000 to 4,000 currently to 10,000 to 20,000.

"It is not respecting the desire of the Iraqi people to control its army and to be able to rearm and train Iraqi forces under the leadership of the Iraqi government," he said.

He said the Iraqi government planned to send a letter to
President Bush "expressing our views about the main issues" in the report, although he would not elaborate.