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Greg Palast is one of my personal heroes. I paid $100 for a signed pre-release copy of his latest book, Armed Madhouse (from Powells), and get his newsletter. The latest came up today and it talks about stuff I was yammering about, just more lucid, hard-hitting, and, well, better. In talking about the suggestions from the ISG:

They're kidding, right?

James Baker III and the seven dwarfs of the "Iraq Study Group" have come up with some simply brilliant recommendations. Not.

Baker's Two Big Ideas are:

1. Stay half the course. Keeping 140,000 troops in Iraq is a disaster getting more disastrous. The Baker Boys' idea: cut the disaster in half -- leave 70,000 troops there.

But here's where dumb gets dumber: the Bakerites want to "embed" US forces in Iraqi Army units. Question one, Mr. Baker: What Iraqi Army? This so-called "army" is a rough confederation of Shia death squads. We can tell our troops to get "embedded" with them, but the Americans won't get much sleep.

2. "Engage" Iran. This is a good one. How can we get engaged when George Bush hasn't even asked them out for a date? What will induce the shy mullahs of Iran to accept our engagement proposal? Answer: The Bomb.
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Right on. Here's his homepage, gregpalast.com. I'd really recommend any of his books, especially if you don't like blatantly political stuff. He's more into smarm than politics, and numbers than heresay.