Mid-East Reactions to the Baker Report

This summary of some reactions to the recent Baker Report on Iraq is a few days old, but it’s still interesting, because the reactions are from the Middle East instead of from the West.

They include two from Iraq itself. From Al-Dustur:

A change cannot happen in isolation from the Iraqi national will. The Americans are incapable of making a change outside the framework of Iraqi national interest which is defined by the Iraqis rather than any other party.

From Al-Adalah:

International conferences cannot decide the fate of the political process in Iraq. Rather, Iraqis, who have made immense sacrifices for the political process, can alone determine the fate of their country and draw up its policies.

[tags]Iraq[/tags]