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|author=Niall Ferguson
|author=Niall Ferguson
|source=Los Angeles Times
|source=The Daily Telegraph
|date=December 11, 2006
|date=December 10, 2006
|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ferguson11dec11,0,1986901.column
|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/12/10/do1002.xml
|quote="Hats off, then, to Baker and his team. This turns out to be a classic work of persuasion. Its target audiences have been well chosen. Its worst-case scenario is plausible. And its recommendations are so carefully phrased that they sound like disengagement while actually signifying better engagement."
|quote="Hats off, then, to Baker and his team. This turns out to be a classic work of persuasion. Its target audiences have been well chosen. Its worst-case scenario is plausible. And its recommendations are so carefully phrased that they sound like disengagement while actually signifying better engagement."
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{{opinion|Post-invasion Iraq|Iraq Study Group's recommendations should be followed|for}}
{{opinion|Post-invasion Iraq|Iraq Study Group's recommendations should be followed|for}}

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Author(s) Niall Ferguson
Source The Daily Telegraph
Date December 10, 2006
URL http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/12/10/do1002.xml
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Quotes-start.png "Hats off, then, to Baker and his team. This turns out to be a classic work of persuasion. Its target audiences have been well chosen. Its worst-case scenario is plausible. And its recommendations are so carefully phrased that they sound like disengagement while actually signifying better engagement." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Iraq Study Group's recommendations should be followed on the topic Post-invasion Iraq.