Iraq Study Group Report

The Iraq Study Group Report is a bad, bad, report by the Iraq Study Group. Everyone knows that Studying is bad for you anyway.

Uses
Like many books, the Iraq Study Group Report's major and most effective use is for kindling - nothing like extracting precious thermal energy from in between the lines.

The book can also be used to:


 * Help balance a poorly designed table by putting it under one of the table's legs
 * Weigh down other pieces of paper
 * Throw at anyone who disagrees with your gut
 * Practice your round-house kicks (If you want to be like Chuck Norris)
 * Kill snakes with. Especially if they're on a plane
 * Distract bears
 * Practice your book-ripping skills

In any case, whatever you decide to do with your copy, DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, READ IT!!!

Content
The Iraq Study Group Report is claimed to list 79 "Recommendations" on what should be done about Iraq. Firstly, this assumes that something should be done about Iraq, which is complete nonsense since any freedom-loving American knows that our mission in Iraq has been accomplished for some time now.

Secondly, there indeed are 79 italicized-bold-font paragraphs (occasionally longer than just one paragraph in actuality) with "RECOMMENDATION #:" perpended. Those are not, as one may suppose initially, independent possible courses of action, but actually just different components of one grand proposed course of action. So in a way, there's only one recommendation that has 79 parts to it.

As if misleading honest Americans is not enough, the very unnecessarily long recommendation does not say "stay the course," and is therefore wrong.

Notable Quotes

 * pg 92:Our embassy of 1,000 has 33 Arabic speakers, just six of whom are at the level of fluency.


 * pg 95:there is significant underreporting of the violence in Iraq. The standard for recording attacks acts as a filter to keep events out of reports and databases. A murder of an Iraqi is not necessarily counted as an attack. If we cannot determine the source of a sectarian attack, that assault does not make it into the database. A roadside bomb or a rocket or mortar attack that doesn't hurt U.S. personnel doesn't count. For example, on one day in July 2006 there were 93 attacks or significant acts of violence reported. Yet a careful review of the reports for that single day brought to light 1,100 acts of violence.