AS EXPECTED, IRAQI STUDY GROUP THROWS ISRAEL UNDER THE BUS

Iraq Study Group urges Israeli-Arab talks (JTA)
The Iraq Study Group urged the United States to re-engage with Iran and Syria and renew efforts to resolve the Israeli-Arab conflict.

The congressionally mandated study group, headed by former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, said in a report issued Wednesday that there were disincentives and incentives available to the United States to prod Iran and Syria into a more constructive role in Iraq, but they were not outlined in the executive summary made available to reporters.

It also said “there must be a renewed and sustained commitment by the United States to a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace on all fronts: Lebanon, Syria and President Bush’s June 2002 commitment to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.

This commitment must include direct talks with, by, and between Israel, Lebanon, Palestinians (those who accept Israel’s right to exist), and Syria.”

I'M SURE TALKING WITH SYRIA (WHICH ASSASSINATES LEBANESE GOVT OFFICIALS, SUPPORTS HEZBOLLAH'S WAR AGAINST ISRAEL, AND ARMS INSURGENTS IN IRAQ) AND IRAN (WHICH DOES MUCH OF THE SAME, CALLS FOR THE DEATH OF AMERICANS UNLESS WE CONVERT TO ISLAM AND PURSUES NUKES IN ORDER TO ATTACK ISRAEL) IS GOING TO BE VERY PRODUCTIVE. OF COURSE, IF ONLY ISRAEL WOULD MAKE MORE UNILATERAL CONCESSIONS PEACE WOULD REIGN (IN IRAQ); DESPITE PALESTINIAN ASSURANCES (SEE BELOW) THAT NOTHING SHORT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL WILL SATISFY THEM.