Iran Reviews > Assessments of the ISG’s Negotiating Recommendations

http://americanfuture.net [AMERICAN FUTURE - Trying to make sense of a world in turmoil] His answer was that "the clearest sign would be an exit or evacuation of U.S. forces," adding that "Should there be a timetable presented, that would serve as a positive sign." Further, he indicated that if the Bush Administration embraced a call for gradual withdrawal, Iran would agree to join discussions on Iraq and Afghanistan." He didn't explain how the vacuum resulting from the American withdrawal would be filled in a way that avoided all-out civil war. Harvard professor Graham Allison, who met with Larijini after the Ignatius-Larijini tete-a-tete, said: "In discussing Iraq after the U.S. withdrawal he didn't seem to have a credible idea of what comes next."

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Hir.harvard.eduhttp://hir.harvard.edu [Hir.harvard.edu] Harvard International Review Blog: What those who strongly support such a move may not realize is that the rest of the world is attentively making a note of how the US handles what has essentially become its charge - the situation in Iraq. To withdraw troops at a point when Iraq is in a state of impending civil war would display a lack of responsibility and commitment to finish the job one started.

Kucinich.us[Kucinich.us] Insight on Iraq: 321, Providing that the new permanent Council of Representatives of Iraq is encouraged to debate and vote on whether or not a continued United States military presence in Iraq is desired by the Government of Iraq [Introduced on December 18, 2005, and referred to the House Committee on International Relations]

Antiwar.comhttp://antiwar.com [Antiwar.com] Is President Bush Sane? - by Paul Craig Roberts: They see Iraq through the lens of the futile Vietnam misadventure and express their dismay that America will lose another war because "the Democrats will cut and run like they did in Vietnam." These Americans have forgotten that it was a Republican administration that got the U.S. out of Vietnam and that it was the Democrats who committed the U.S. to that conflict.

[Thesquirrelsarewatching.com] iCut and iRan - The Squirrels Are Watching - Everything the ...: But if this subsequently leads us back to war with Iran, I’ll bet you the Dems will still end up going along. There are times I feel Dems have looked at their current scrawny themselves in the mirror, and, finding themselves wanting, have decided to take a strong stance on everything besides Iraq.

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