Iraq Study Group - Zucker Parody

A key finding of the Iraq Study Group was that the United States needed to initiate a diplomatic gambit with the present Iranian strongman. Many have characterized this as appeasement on the par with Neville Chamberlain's "peace in our time" deal with Germany's strongman Adolf Hitler, which constituted British capitulation on destruction Czechoslovakia. Appeasement makes you feel good for a little while, but has a terrible hangover. Action then consequence.

The Iraq Study group was made up of 5 Democrats and 5 Republicans and was supposed to work out a consensus on victory in Iraq, or something like it anyway. The report they came up with seemed highly disconnected from real world - actions have consequences. The action - appease the present Iranian regime, the consequence - this is easy, they want more, they do not just go away.

A hugely popular parody video called "David Zucker Iraq Study Group AD" - is winding its way through the viral Internet - over 160,000 downloads on YouTube alone. Running time: about 2 1/2 minutes.

12/23/06 Update: Now 280,000 downloads on YouTube alone.

1/9/07 Update: Now 320,000 downloads on YouTube alone.