Greg Palast has an interesting take on the Baker commission report. He notes that the Saudis are already funding the Sunni insurgents, and if we leave they will step that up further, while Iran funds the Shites. In such a proxy war, it's clear which side the Consiglieri of the House of Bush is on.
The full article is here.
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Behind the fratricidal fracas in Iraq is something even more dangerous than bullets in Baghdad: a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia to control Iraq's place in OPEC, the oil cartel. What is painted by Baker's Iraq Study Group as an ancient local clash between Shia and Sunni over the Kingdom of God, is, in fact, a remote control proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia over the Kingdom of Oil.
As Michael Moore and others have pointed out, the Saudis bought and paid for the Bush clan long ago. Less well known is that even Vernon Jordon's firm represents the Saudi Royals.
Saudi Arabia is the elephant in the room (camel in the tent?) that can't be acknowledged -- and the reason Baker is so desperately anxious to sell America on keeping half our soldiers in harm's way.
James III wants to seduce or bully Iran into stopping their funding of the murderous Shia militias. But the Shias only shifted into mass killing mode in response to the murder spree by Sunni "insurgents."
Where do the Sunnis get their money for mayhem? According to a seething memo by the National Security Agency (November 8, 2006), the Saudis control the, "public or private funding provided to the insurgents or death squads." Nice.
Palast is contemputous of the actual plan advanced by Baker, saying it won't work -- and isn't expected to, even by its authors -- even if W. would implement it. Rather, it's an attempt to delay our exit, and continue our support for the Saudi side in this proxy war for oil.
The Bush family team may be reduced to throwing W. to the wolves, but there is no way they'll abandon their goals. Hence this misdirection.
Next question: how will they seek to manage the 2008 election, and get, if not a Republican, at least a Democrat who will continue this policy?