The Kurds Speak: "We are in no way abiding by this report"

Left adrift by the likes of James Baker once before, the Iraqi Kurds are in a more powerful position this time. Let us pray our leaders here are listening to them.

Excerpts of an email from Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani as written by the AP and posted on Forbes:

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Barzani, president of the 15-year-old autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, also faulted the U.S. bipartisan commission for not visiting his region, saying that was a "major shortcoming that adversely influenced the credibility of the assessment."
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Barzani also criticized the report's calls for a far-reaching amnesty to opposition groups and the reinstatement of Saddam Hussein loyalists in their old government jobs as part of national reconciliation efforts. Such calls, he said, rewarded "those who are against the political process and have conducted acts of violence."
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F22strike has posted Part 1 of his take on the Iraq Study Group Report, describing it as, "rhetorical bubble wrap".