The Discourse of War: We’ve Been Framed
by Kristina Gronquist, W A M M
From the February 2007 issue of Worldwide W A M M

As we approach the four-year anniversary of the war, the recent report by the much touted Iraq Study Group (led by James Baker and Lee Hamilton) predicts “robust” and substantial involvement in Iraq for a “long, long time.” Although the report is seen by some as a rebuff to Bush policies, because it recommends gradual troop withdrawals by 2008 and negotiations with Syria and Iran, it does not offer substantial disengagement from the Iraq quagmire. The “study group” does not deviate from the administration’s long-term goal of hegemony over the oil-rich Middle East via U.S. bases and a pro-Western government in Iraq. That ultimate goal has never been taken off the table... (more - click here)