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  • Bill Bennett diagnosed the group with a severe case of out-of-control ‘committeeism’: For a report to identify the outside agitators which happen to also be the worst terrorist-sponsoring states in the world — Iran & Syria as “providing arms, financial support, and training for Shiite militias within Iraq,” i.e., fomenting war, and then say we should negotiate and offer incentives to those countries is simply too much to bear.

    Blogtalk: Iraq Study Group - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2006

  • Bill Bennett diagnosed the group with a severe case of out-of-control ‘committeeism’: For a report to identify the outside agitators which happen to also be the worst terrorist-sponsoring states in the world — Iran & Syria as “providing arms, financial support, and training for Shiite militias within Iraq,” i.e., fomenting war, and then say we should negotiate and offer incentives to those countries is simply too much to bear.

    Blogtalk: Iraq Study Group - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2006

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