Let US now speak with one voice on Iraq.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial) From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: December 8, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Christian Science Publishing Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: The Monitor's View

When James Baker and colleagues rolled out recommendations on Iraq this week, he quipped that the report is "the only bipartisan report that's out there." The former top diplomat sounded as if he was prepared for criticism.

At the top of those critiques against the Iraq Study Group was that this panel of senior Washington luminaries was too removed from Iraq and simply providing cover for a graceful US exit strategy.

But ...