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That’s Masrour Barzani’s opinion on the ISG report, an opinion that’s shared by most rational-thinking people.

The Iraq Study Group’s recommendations will accomplish nothing in Iraq. Its expressions of “gratitude” to those of us Iraqis who fought on the battlefield for freedom and liberty ring hollow. The report ignores our accomplishments, dreams and sacrifices in favor of a concern for those whose ultimate goal is the destruction of democracy.

Our federal constitution, which the majority of the Iraqi people voted for, is treated flippantly, as though it were a negotiable document rather than the hard-fought result of lengthy negotiation among those willing to participate in the new Iraq. Further, the study group’s approach is driven by the concerns of the countries in this region rather than by the concerns of the Iraqi people.

As I’ve pointed out before, the ISG report was short on military advice because it wasn’t a military document. It was a political CYA document designed to give President Bush a ‘graceful exit’ from Iraq. Thankfully, President Bush didn’t take them up on that option.

The ISG’s report lightly dismisses the blood shed by Iraqi patriots like Mr. Barzani. It doesn’t take into account all the heroic things we’ve seen in Iraq, starting with the defiant purple fingers raised on Jan. 30, 2005. Mssrs. Baker and Hamilton didn’t think that these were worthy considerations but Mr. Barzani’s op-ed tells us that the ISG didn’t do its job in finding out what’s important for victory in Iraq. They should be ashamed of themselves for that. Sadly, they won’t be ashamed because Baker’s ego is too big to allow that to happen.

Thankfully, Mr. Barzani has written a stinging op-ed that exposes the ISG’s elitism while also talking about the patriotic Iraqi people.

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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

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