About IDA

"The Institute for Defense Analyses is a non-profit corporation that administers three federally funded research and development centers to assist the United States Government in addressing important national security issues, particularly those requiring scientific and technical expertise.

"IDA only works for the government. To avoid institutional pressures to support Service positions, IDA does not work directly for the military departments. Also, to ensure freedom from commercial or other potential conflicts of interest, IDA does not work for private industry."

It is entirely and solely funded by the same people who brought you "regime change", nukes, WMDs including crop dusters flying off of merchant ships, democracy and freedom.

And now, in time for the PR campaign planned to counteract the lack of progress on the 5th year of the war, they finally trump up something. Does it even make you wonder?

Arf