1.0 link 94264 <![CDATA[Iraq: More Proof that the Baker-Hamilton Commission Was Right and the Bush-McCain Surge Was Wrong]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-fiderer/iraq-more-proof-that-that_b_94264.html The surge is playing out exactly as the Baker-Hamilton Commission said it would. The "progess" in Iraq is ephemeral, if not cosmetic. As the Commission, also known as the Iraq Study Group, warned us:

"Sustained increases in U.S. troop levels would not solve the fundamental cause of violence in Iraq, which is the absence of national reconciliation. A senior American general told us that adding U.S. troops might temporarily help limit violence in a highly localized area. However, past experience indicates that the...
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