The Iraq Study Group Report by James A. Baker III & Lee H. Hamilton (Co-Chairs)

The Iraq Study Group Report by James A. Baker III & Lee H. Hamilton (Co-Chairs) is an absolutely fascinating read, and is highly recommended for anyone who has an interest in the growing disaster of iraq.

James Baker and Lee Hamilton put together a comprehensive assessment of the current situation in Iraq, and follow that with a wide reaching set of proposals to try to bring the situation back under some sort of control.

A very clear message is given that the current policy of the US and UK governments is failing terribly, and things need to change significantly. Tinkering at the edges is not going to neutralise the situation - a wide reaching change of policy is required.

The proposals are exactly that - wide reaching - covering changes within Iraq, the US administration, and crucially changes in the way the whole of the Middle East is worked with by self proclaimed "Leaders of the Free World".

News reports on the report barely scratched the surface of the what the report contained, so well worth a read. It will be "interesting" to see what Bush and Blair come up with as their proposals for change... I for one am not hopeful.