John Podhoretz nails it

In Yesterdays New York Post.

Baker, Hamilton and the Surrendering Cowboy Band show why commission, panels and Think Tanks should never be trusted with important matters more important than coffee or tea. Commissions and Panels by their nature are scared, timid little things, afraid to take a real position or offend anyone (or so they often think they do not give offense). If you don't buy that, just read the leaks so far; this is a compromise report headed by two men who have repeatedly espoused a Chamberlain like solution to the Iraq question.