"A New Direction For Peace In A New Iraq"-A plan to end the occupation

[Frank Nata]

Has anyone seen this?
My nephew sent it to me in an email. (I posted it on our neighborhood site for all to see, but don't tell the site mod 'cause I didn't tell her yet)
http://www.charlestonplacenews.com/NewDirectionforPeaceinNewIraq.pdf">Progressive Peace Plan for Iraq

Thoughts?
Can I finally tell those neocon nutjobs that YES, we DO have a plan for Iraq!!!

[peacebird]

1. "Clear, Secure, Hold" is one of Rummy's failed tactice. This is BUSHs plan.

in fact - I read this article - aside from the Dem quotes that lead each section it is the same ol' same ol' failed bush plan... I especially like the section that says : "The war on terrorism is the defining challenge of our generation, just as the struggle
against communism and fascism were challenges of the generations before. "

and : "The Security Track
(Clear, Hold, Build)
To achieve this objective, we must clear areas of enemy control by remaining on the
offensive, killing and capturing enemy fighters and denying them safe-haven. We must
hold areas freed from enemy control by ensuring that they remain under the control of a
peaceful Iraqi government"

and finally:"Our Strategy Is Working. Much has been accomplished in Iraq, including the removal of
Saddam's tyranny, negotiation of an interim constitution, restoration of full sovereignty,
holding of free national elections, formation of an elected government, drafting of a
permanent constitution, ratification of that constitution, introduction of a sound currency,
gradual restoration of Iraq's neglected infrastructure, and the ongoing training and
equipping of Iraq's security forces. "

What you have posted appears to be bush's plan with some Dem quotes added in. This has GOT to be a joke. It goes on to say how one of the greatest challenges in Iraq that years under Saddam have damaged the infrastructure - our bombings had nothing to do with it.
:eyes:

[Frank Nata]

2. Figures!

That's just like my nephew-Rrrrrrrrrgh!

EDIT
This must be his payback for my getting his son (my GREAT nephew!) a toy guitar that doesn't have an off switch. I shoulda seen this coming.

Ideas for getting him back?

[chefgirl]

3. Hmmm...

Well, I googled the "Progressive Peace Policies Institute" and couldn't find any such animal.

I did, however, find quite a few sites for "The Progressive Policy Institute"

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1534

*This is the first paragraph on the page I clicked on first:

last updated: September 8, 2006


“Don't look now, but neoconservatism is making a comeback—and not among the Republicans who have made it famous, but in the Democratic Party,” declared writer Jacob Heilbrunn in a May 28, 2006 op-ed for the Los Angeles Times. In “Neocons in the Democratic Party,” Heilbrunn argued that a new generation of Democratic “pundits and young national security experts” are trying to revive the Cold War precepts of President Harry S. Truman and apply them to the war on terror. “The fledgling neocons of the left are based at places such as the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), whose president, Will Marshall, has just released a volume of doctrine called With All Our Might: A Progressive Strategy for Defeating Jihadism and Defending Liberty … Their political champions include Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman and such likely presidential candidates as former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner and Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, who is chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).”

I haven't read the PDF, but, I call bullshit.

-chef-

Edited for clarification*

[Frank Nata]

4. It's just worse and worse

ugh

[katinmn]

6. The PPI is DLC which has been infiltrated by RW ideologues.

[katinmn]

5. I googled the Progressive Peace Policies Institute. Nada

Is this the DLC or some other right-wing psy-op attempt at hijacking and twisting the truth?

This is political propaganda in it's lowest form. It's not even clever!

[Frank Nata]

7. It looks that way

I think my nephew put one over on me. I fell for it

EDIT
What's the DLC?

[katinmn]

9. Democratic Leadership Council (self appointed) n/t

[BlueCollar]

8. The easy way to tell this is Bush plan

Not a single mention of funding for Veterans programs...