ISG must stand for, uh, Inane Strategy Guesswork -- Mark Steyn

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 12/10/2006 | Mark Steyn

[Bahbah]

Why would anyone -- even a short-sighted incompetent political fixer whose brilliant advice includes telling the first Bush that no one would care if he abandoned the "Read my lips" pledge

James Baker...wrong then...wrong now.

[period end of story]

ISG?

It's just embarrassing!

The last hurrah of a bunch of has-beens.

[snarks_when_bored]

That'll work, too...

[91B]

True-the Dems now have a "bipartisan" cudgel to attack the war effort and the President with. Nothing good can come of this commission or its report. Baker and co. have done nothing but undermine our nation with this foolishness.

[91B]

Ignominious Senile Goats.

[Gritty]

[eureka!]

marking

[Think free or die]

"The problem is that most Americans have NO IDEA what is actually in the ISG report."

Our 13 year old son told us that as part of ongoing discussion of current events, his Social Studies teacher asked the class what they thought of the the ISG report. Apparently only 2-3 youngsters had any idea what he was talking about, suggesting to me that their parents aren't talking about it at home. To his credit, our son spoke up against it. I don't know how he worded it at school, but over dinner he termed it "complete BS". Both he and his 11 year old brother thought it was ridiculous to run from a fight and leave the job unfinished. Pitiful really that youngsters can see this clearly and "mature adults" get lost in the nuance.

[irv]

One slight difference: Neville Chamberlain, fool though he was, at least had the best interests of his country at heart.

You can't say that about Baker. He seems to be in it just for the (Saudi) money.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

I'm glad to hear that your son is already paying attention to current events, and learning to think for himself. Great work for 13!

[knews_hound]

Big Steyn BUMP

Cheers,

knewshound

Latest article; Allahboard US Airways.

[VeniVidiVici]

Or in Washington, even a completely useless, destructive, drunken idiot seems normal?

That one :-)

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Both he and his 11 year old brother thought it was ridiculous to run from a fight and leave the job unfinished. Pitiful really that youngsters can see this clearly and "mature adults" get lost in the nuance.

I was 12 in 1968 and I got interested in politics due to the Vietnam war. I couldn't understand why we weren't winning in Vietnam--I expected the war to be over by then. I couldn't understand why we didn't invade the North and wipe it out.

Years later, I learned we WILLFULLY limited our use of power. Years after that, I learned the war was misreported and we had been winning despite that.

The common sense, youthful and naive viewpoint is often correct.