So much for Baker-Hamilton

Not only is Bush preparing to ignore the Baker-Hamilton recommendation to begin withdrawing troops, it also is ignoring their plea to negotiate with Syria and Iran:

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday rejected a bipartisan panel's recommendation that the United States seek the help of Syria and Iran in Iraq, saying the "compensation" required by any deal might be too high. She argued that neither country should need incentives to foster stability in Iraq.

"If they have an interest in a stable Iraq, they will do it anyway," Rice said in a wide-ranging interview with Washington Post reporters and editors. She said she did not want to trade away Lebanese sovereignty to Syria or allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon as a price for peace in Iraq.

Where these idiots got the idea that talking with your enemies is somehow rewarding them is beyond me.