GEN. JACK "RIPPER" KEANE ON IRAQ

Keane is one of the architects of teh awesome Surge and was on an ABC "panel" to discuss the war. It's not really a panel because all the idiots on it supported the war in the first place, see Atrios for more.

Here are a couple of his remarks that provide more evidence he's a SERIOUS PERSON:

"...we've made some significant progress."

"...they're seeking reconciliation"

BTW, here's a list of the all the "architects":

The Iraq Planning Group at the American Enterprise Institute consists of the
following participants:

• Frederick W. Kagan, AEI
• Jack Keane, General, U.S. Army, Retired
• David Barno, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, Retired
• Danielle Pletka, AEI
• Rend al-Rahim, Iraq Foundation
• Joel Armstrong, Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired
• Daniel Dwyer, Major, U.S. Army, Retired
• Larry Crandall, Consultant
• Larry Sampler, Institute for Defense Analyses
• Michael Eisenstadt, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Kimberly Kagan, Center for Peace and Security Studies, Georgetown
• Michael Rubin, AEI
• Reuel Marc Gerecht, AEI
• Thomas Donnelly, AEI
• Gary Schmitt, AEI
• Mauro De Lorenzo, AEI
• Vance Serchuk, AEI

The following members of the AEI staff provided invaluable assistance and support:

• Molly McKew
• Laura Conniff
• Jonathan Bronitsky
• Adrian Myers
• Colin Monaghan
• Claude Aubert
• Scott R. Palmer