Iraq Study Group Report
Iraq Study Group Report
March 16, 2006
The Iraq Study Group, formed by the Congress was a bipartisan team that consisted of ten individuals. Led by chairmans James Baker and Lee Hamilton with other members being Sandra Day O'Connor, Lawrence EagleBurger, Edwin Meese III, Alan K. Simpson, and democrats Vernon Jordan Jr., Leon E Panetta, William J. Perry, and Charles S. Robb. The ISG was supported by the United States Institution of Peace and released their report on the current situation of the war in Iraq on December 6, 2006 and presented it directly to President Bush. The report is direct and blunt immediately stating that “the situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating.”The report includes a summary of the state in Iraq along with 79 recommended resolutions to end the war. The recommendations covered domestic issues such as budgeting and economic progression, political issues such as creating a stable and effective government in Iraq, military issues such as deported US soldiers out of Iraq, and how to support the Iraqi soldiers, and diplomatic issues such as instigating direct conversations with Iran and Syria. The ISG recommend that all troops must be withdrawn by 2008, to step up the U.S. training role and promise not to retain permanent U.S. bases. If security did not improve, the group recommended that the U.S. should threaten to cut off all economic and military aid. If there was no change in the current situation in Iraq then, as stated by the study group, “U.S. forces will be caught in a mission that has no foreseeable end." Contrary to popular belief that actions in Iraq were going well, the ISG revealed the report by contradicting it by saying, "the situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating". The group warned that the recommendations in the report were not a guaranteed safe plan or resolution to all problems but simply suggestions that would provoke conversation. The release of the report resulted in a wide variety of reactions from Bush supporter's were in favor of the report while the non-supporters criticized the report and recommendations.
In conclusion, the report contradicts common misconceptions that the situation in Iraq was improving. Instead, it was proven to be falling apart. This provided a wake-up call to the President who then recognized Iraq’s deterioration.
March 16, 2006
The Iraq Study Group, formed by the Congress was a bipartisan team that consisted of ten individuals. Led by chairmans James Baker and Lee Hamilton with other members being Sandra Day O'Connor, Lawrence EagleBurger, Edwin Meese III, Alan K. Simpson, and democrats Vernon Jordan Jr., Leon E Panetta, William J. Perry, and Charles S. Robb. The ISG was supported by the United States Institution of Peace and released their report on the current situation of the war in Iraq on December 6, 2006 and presented it directly to President Bush. The report is direct and blunt immediately stating that “the situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating.”The report includes a summary of the state in Iraq along with 79 recommended resolutions to end the war. The recommendations covered domestic issues such as budgeting and economic progression, political issues such as creating a stable and effective government in Iraq, military issues such as deported US soldiers out of Iraq, and how to support the Iraqi soldiers, and diplomatic issues such as instigating direct conversations with Iran and Syria. The ISG recommend that all troops must be withdrawn by 2008, to step up the U.S. training role and promise not to retain permanent U.S. bases. If security did not improve, the group recommended that the U.S. should threaten to cut off all economic and military aid. If there was no change in the current situation in Iraq then, as stated by the study group, “U.S. forces will be caught in a mission that has no foreseeable end." Contrary to popular belief that actions in Iraq were going well, the ISG revealed the report by contradicting it by saying, "the situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating". The group warned that the recommendations in the report were not a guaranteed safe plan or resolution to all problems but simply suggestions that would provoke conversation. The release of the report resulted in a wide variety of reactions from Bush supporter's were in favor of the report while the non-supporters criticized the report and recommendations.
In conclusion, the report contradicts common misconceptions that the situation in Iraq was improving. Instead, it was proven to be falling apart. This provided a wake-up call to the President who then recognized Iraq’s deterioration.