A personal anecdote: Jessica Tuchman Mathews is my hero. Whenever Richard Perle gets a spot on PBS, Ms. Mathews takes him on and does a terrific job. I told her so.
You can read the two page summary of CEIP's findings here.
I have been trying to download the entire .pdf for some time now, and I keep timing out. I'm on a 3Mb line, and I just ran a speedtest here and my speed seems good. I'll keep trying.
You can contrast the Carnegie findings with Powell's assertions below, or you can parse the information here for a tease.
One tidbit that Powell himself says in another of today's entries is found in the above linked article. Ready?
.....Years of U.N. inspections to determine whether Saddam was harboring weapons of mass destruction were working well, and the United States should set up jointly with the United Nations a permanent system to guard against the spread of dangerous technology, the report said.
It recommended that consideration be given to making the job of CIA director a career post instead of a political appointment.
Mathews is president, Cirincione is director of the proliferation project, and Perkovich is vice president for studies at Carnegie, an independent research group.
Meanwhile, an unscientific State Department survey released this week showed most residents in five Iraqi cities believed attacks against Iraqi civilians, police and international organizations are more harmful than helpful for Iraq's future. About a third of Iraqis said attacks against the U.S. forces are helpful.
The survey also showed about two-thirds of those surveyed say the attacks emphasize the need for the continued presence of coalition forces in Iraq. A majority thought that troops should depart after a permanent government is elected by the Iraqi people....
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