The Volokh Conspiracy - - Who met more goals, the US Congress or the Iraq Government???? NOT EVEN CLOSE!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Which Has Met More US Congressional Goals: Iraq or the US Congress?--In the most recent report on political goals for Iraq, it appears that 15 of 18 benchmarks set by the US Congress have been met:
On page 8 of the Washington Post’s news section today, we learn that, according to the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq has met all but three of the 18 original benchmarks set by Congress. The only three that have not met are (a) enacting and implementing laws governing the oil industry (though it’s not clear why formal laws are necessary), (2) disarmament of militia and insurgent groups, and (3) making the Iraqi police more professional.
The Post hastens to add, however, that other recent assessments find that Iraq has failed to achieve “many of the goals that the Baghdad government and President Bush said would be reached by the end of 2007.”
This would seem to compare with progress on the political goals that the Democratic Congress set for itself in 2006. Remember its “Six for ‘06” proposal made in the summer of 2006:
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