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December 19, 2006

Confused Americans for Truth - A Test Case for the Baker-Hamilton Plan

by Ferdinand T Cat

A Newsweek Poll shows that most Americans agree with the President of Iran about the Baker-Hamilton plan. Unfortunately, there are concerns about key points of the plan, as well as an unfortunate historical parallel that indicate the plan may not work.

What we need is some way to test the plan on a smaller scale before we leap blindfolded off our current precipice. As a superior life form, I consider it my duty to come up with the test case, and I believe I have hit on an excellent venue: the United States Congress.

Now, I know what you're thinking: different part of the world, different customs, and all that. But can you honestly say that the average Shi'ite hates his neighboring Sunni any more than Harry Reid hates Trent Lott? And is the anti-American sentiment of Al-Jazeera any less than the anti-Republican sentiment of Air America? See, there really is a parallel here.

So consider for a moment how the following proposals (adapted from key recommendations in the Baker-Hamilton plan) would work in the halls of Congress:

  • The President should state that the United States does not seek permanent military bases in the washrooms or other public areas of the Capitol Building.
  • The President should implement a New Diplomatic Offensive with a stated goal of permitting up-or-down votes on judicial nominees.
  • The issue of John Murtha's role in the new Congress should be dealt with by the United Nations Security Council.
  • The international community, in accordance with the New Diplomatic Offensive, should ask Iran and Syria to open lines of communication between John Kerry and the real world.
  • The President and the leadership of his national security team should remain in close and frequent contact with the Congressional leadership. These contacts must convey a clear message: there must be action by the Congress to make substantial progress toward the achievement of at least one rational piece of legislation. In public diplomacy, the President should convey as much detail as possible about the substance of these exchanges in order to keep the American people, the news media, and the blogging cat community well informed about the real cause of the problems in Iraq.

Respectfully submitted,

Ferdinand T. Cat

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"And is the anti-American sentiment of Al-Jazeera any less than the anti-Republican sentiment of Air America?"

Shouldn't that more realistically be, "And is the anti-American sentiment of Al-Jazeera any less than the anti-AMERICAN sentiment of Air America?"?

And ought it to be, "...keep the American people, the news media, and the blogging cat community well informed about the real cause of the problems in CONGRESS"?

Of course, that'd be redundant. We all know the cause of problems in Congress: congresscritters *spit*.


Posted by: David at December 19, 2006 2:31 PM

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