http://www.suntimes.com/news/steyn/166078,CST-EDT-steyn10.article
ISG must stand for, uh, Inane Strategy Guesswork
December 10, 2006BY MARK STEYN Sun-Times Columnist
Well, the ISG -- the Illustrious Seniors' Group -- has released its 79-point
plan. How unprecedented is it? Well, it seems Iraq is to come under something
called the "Iraq International Support Group." If only Neville Chamberlain had
thought to propose a "support group" for Czechoslovakia, he might still be in
office. Or guest-hosting for Oprah.
But, alas, such flashes of originality are few and far between in what's
otherwise a testament to conventional wisdom. How conventional is the ISG's
conventional wisdom? Try page 49:
"RECOMMENDATION 5: The Support Group should consist of Iraq and all the states
bordering Iraq, including Iran and Syria . . ."
Er, OK. I suppose that's what you famously hardheaded "realists" mean by
realism. But wait, we're not done yet. For this "Support Group," we need the
extra-large function room. Aside from Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iran
and Kuwait, the ISG -- the Iraq Surrender Gran'pas -- want also to invite:
". . . the key regional states, including Egypt and the Gulf States . . ."
