Mere Rhetoric: Genocidal Maniacs And Useful Idiots Agree: James Baker Is Awesome

There may still be rational people out there who think that Baker-Hamilton is not totally idiotic. Those people don't include Middle East experts, the Iraqi President, Kurdish fighters, or hard-core liberals. But maybe they exist somewhere.

You know who's totally sympathetic to the ISG though? Ahmadinejad :

Responding to the Baker-Hamilton report's proposal that Washington move quickly to engage Iran on talks over stabilizing Iraq, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki dangled an offer of cooperation in a statement published by an Iranian news agency. "Iran will support any policies returning security, stability and territorial integrity to Iraq," he said, "and considers withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and leaving security to the Iraqi government as the most suitable option." In an interview on Al Jazeera, Mottaki added that if the U.S. needs an "honorable way out of Iraq," and Iran "is in a position to help."

Yeah, we're sure they'd be thrilled to help. And you know who's - if anything - even more psyched about the idea of humiliating the US and undermining Israeli security? Peace Now, made up of people who think that the Peace Process didn't work out because Israel wasn't nice enough to arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat:

The Iraq Study Group, headed by Former Secretary of State James Baker and Former Congressman and Chair of the House International Relations Committee Lee Hamilton, yesterday unveiled its report which made a number of common sense recommendations related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, including: "a renewed and sustained commitment by the United States to a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace on all fronts: Lebanon, Syria, and President Bush's June 2002 commitment to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine"

Actually, the Baker-Hamilton Commission does not endorse a two-state solution at all. It demands that Israel address the so-called Palestinian right of return, which is of course the exact opposite of a two-state solution - tantamount to the destruction of Israel. It doesn't call for Israel to embrace the invasion of the Jewish State by three to four million genocidal maniacs - it just quietly points out that this is something Israel will have to recognize as a legitimate negotiating position. So the Palestinians get to start off threatening genocide, and Israel has to start off begging to be allowed to keep the borders they've had since right after the founding of the state.

We don't know whether Peace Now only included the passage about a two-state solution because they just read the executive summary or if because they're pathetically trying to lie. The result is the same (h/t: MR reader Deborah)

Previously: James Baker Stays True To Form, Recommends Undermining Israel, Mark Steyn Mocks, Laments James Baker, Mathematical Proof That Negotiating With Iran Is Stupid. Not Wrong. Stupid.