Hilda L. Solis: “Tomorrow the bipartisan Iraq Study Group is scheduled to release its recommendations on how best to proceed with the war…”

“Tomorrow the bipartisan Iraq Study Group is scheduled to release its recommendations on how best to proceed with the war in Iraq. While the group is led by one of the Bush family's closest friends, it has not actually given, I think, notice or great recommendations. This does not bode well for change in Iraq. It is time for Bush to face reality. His Democratic experiment in Iraq has been an utter disaster, one that has destabilized even further the Middle East. Last month the American people sent a strong message to the President that they want change in Iraq, that staying the current course is simply not acceptable, but President Bush seems unwilling to listen. The Iraq Study Group is expected to call for the redeployment of American troops out of Iraq by 2008. Finally, a bipartisan group of leaders are joining us in our calls for a phased redeployment out of Iraq. This report should serve, I hope, as a wake-up call to the Bush administration that Democrats and Republicans alike are calling for change.”