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Bush the "conservative" [213 words]	freeman	Jun 17, 2007 12:10
Baker has the view? [41 words]	Robert G. Deardorff	Jan 28, 2007 19:18
Bush Administration Experts? [w/response] [74 words]	Malachy	Jan 17, 2007 09:11
Two Choices; Stay or Leave [94 words]	Jersey Guy	Jan 10, 2007 00:23
Just when I thought it couldn't be done any dumber. [15 words]	Reality Check	Dec 21, 2006 21:10
BAKER'S OBJECTIVITY, TAKE II [38 words]	orange yonason	Dec 20, 2006 22:55
Joel Rosenberg political thriller-chiller novels [177 words]	Lucy Chambers	Dec 20, 2006 18:31
Bush war [74 words]	G.Vishvas	Dec 20, 2006 10:21
RANDOM SPECULATIONS ON THE... [115 words]	orange yonason	Dec 19, 2006 23:41
CAN MISTER BAKER SAY, "CONFLICT OF INTEREST"? [116 words]	orange yonason	Dec 19, 2006 23:20
The prepaid ISG drivel [117 words]	A. Ramy	Dec 19, 2006 21:11
Marriage and Divorce Iraqi style [275 words]	Jay	Dec 19, 2006 01:47
It's still about FREEDOM - its presence or absence [161 words]	Jay Conne	Dec 18, 2006 16:34
Brain Damage [23 words]	Miriam	Dec 18, 2006 15:08
Iraq Study Group and the Arab-Israeli Conflict [113 words]	Isaac Moubazbaz	Dec 18, 2006 14:51
Just desserts for this shameful hustle. [471 words]	mariana	Dec 17, 2006 16:25
Where were the "experts"? [93 words]	Joel	Dec 16, 2006 19:41
↔ I don't know... [114 words]	Frank Shipley	Dec 16, 2006 23:08
To be expected [136 words]	John Giannasca	Dec 14, 2006 18:59
US Iraq Study Report [603 words]	Stephen E hughes	Dec 14, 2006 12:42
But What If [23 words]	Richard Wittrup	Dec 14, 2006 11:26
↔ Richard Wittrup: There must be a paradigm shift in thinking [67 words]	gellin and infidellin	Dec 16, 2006 17:58
↔ Islam is the problem [158 words]	Romesh Chander	Dec 16, 2006 21:14
↔ Al Qaeda training 'English brothers' in Pakistan : Our best Non NATO Ally Pakistan is training Terrorists to murder innocent Americans [675 words]	Proud Californian	Dec 18, 2006 23:02
↔ Bush - Go For It!!!!!! [60 words]	NirGui	Dec 20, 2006 10:35
↔ The Archeology of The Middle East [694 words]	Gellin and Infidellin	Dec 20, 2006 17:51
↔ Islam is problem [191 words]	Imdad Ali	Mar 16, 2007 02:10
All Christians , Jews , Catholics , Hindus , Sikhs , Orthodox , Buddhists , Parsees , Bahais ,etc must send e-mail to US President Bush to take out Iran Nuclear facilities [77 words]	Ayodhya	Dec 14, 2006 10:56
↔ Dumbest request [152 words]	Romesh Chander	Dec 15, 2006 13:50
↔ Romesh Chander ! Stop US bashing [139 words]	Tholia	Dec 16, 2006 03:59
↔ I agree - Bush should not bomb Iran's nuclear sites [74 words]	jim.e	Dec 16, 2006 19:18
↔ US is the last bastion of defense! [153 words]	Syed Kasim	Dec 17, 2006 22:25
↔ Get real! [135 words]	Noah Wilk	Dec 21, 2006 21:00
↔ Amen, Jim! [313 words]	Noah Wilk	Dec 21, 2006 21:11
blue-ribbon commissions should be analytic, not political [743 words]	Stuart Fagin	Dec 13, 2006 23:48
A war you say? Yes, it's Civil War, Stupid! [93 words]	Martin Kessler	Dec 13, 2006 22:58
↔ Why End the Muslim on Muslim Fighting, be it Baghdad or Gaza City? [206 words]	Jeff Burke	Dec 17, 2006 21:44
Baker's Other Forgotten Major Failure [61 words]	Douglas Boggs	Dec 13, 2006 21:52
James "Big Oil" Baker Report [173 words]	John R. Peacher	Dec 13, 2006 18:15
↔ ⇒ The slippery oil [46 words]	Martin Kessler	Dec 18, 2006 02:49
Let's just hope and pray ... [10 words]	Josh G	Dec 13, 2006 16:34
ERROR! [19 words]	Mickey Oberman	Dec 13, 2006 16:32
↔ Don't forget ... [3 words]	Josh G	Dec 14, 2006 03:36
Baker and Carter [66 words]	Gary Cantor	Dec 13, 2006 15:36
People Mr Baker is advising to negotiate with ? [195 words]	AlexanderZ	Dec 13, 2006 12:28
suggestions for America's Policy with respect to the Iraq war [w/response] [18 words]	R. LaGamba	Dec 13, 2006 08:29
Unfortunately, many foreign-policy failures since Truman [133 words]	Sadhasiv	Dec 13, 2006 08:15
US failure based on denial of Iraq's sectarian facts on the ground [378 words]	Michael Green	Dec 13, 2006 05:48
Paying for it - in more ways than one [111 words]	David W. Lincoln	Dec 13, 2006 05:47
Mr. Bush, reject it as a whole [57 words]	Vic Coffey	Dec 13, 2006 05:36
If it sounds like Saudi ploy... [23 words]	Michael Green	Dec 13, 2006 03:33
COULD WORK [88 words]	JOHN MANITTA	Dec 13, 2006 02:38
While we're stuck in Iraq, look at jihadi progress--according to Douglas Farah--a nice summary. [96 words]	MelM	Dec 13, 2006 02:03
James Baker's Terrible Iraq Report [27 words]	Ben	Dec 13, 2006 01:57
Our vision is dangerously stuck in Iraq trying to avoid a catastrophic failure. [330 words]	MelM	Dec 13, 2006 01:12
The Baker's team [15 words]	steven L	Dec 13, 2006 00:27
Is Baker aware what iranian president said today? [41 words]	Hari Iyer	Dec 12, 2006 23:42
No Nothing Iraq Study Report [150 words]	andria spindel	Dec 12, 2006 23:17
The Edelman PR Connection [252 words]	Alan M. Kaplan	Dec 12, 2006 21:57
How do we do it? [17 words]	gellin and infidellin	Dec 12, 2006 21:54
Language, culture and the intelligence failure [324 words]	James Archibald	Dec 12, 2006 21:54
Your 12/5 article, "Moderate Islam May Be Key To Winning War on Terror" [w/response] [38 words]	Richard Shulman	Dec 12, 2006 21:27
↔ How can we trust "Moderate Muslims"...for anything? [349 words]	RPaine	Dec 19, 2006 19:25
The Incredible Shrinking Baker [84 words]	Peter J. Herz	Dec 12, 2006 20:18
Best I've read so far... my anger went down a notch, thanks! [189 words]	Kay Scott	Dec 12, 2006 20:06
Baker's Law Firm represents the Arabs [36 words]	Dave	Dec 12, 2006 17:41
↔ Yes, Dave, Baker is the lawyer for the Saudis against American citizens! [49 words]	Kay Scott	Dec 13, 2006 16:56
↔ 1/2 withdrawal [35 words]	John Jasnoch	Dec 19, 2006 12:06
"SALAD, ANYONE" [109 words]	MARTIN KESSLER	Dec 12, 2006 17:40
I'm in total agreement... [89 words]	Rick House	Dec 12, 2006 16:16
Republican, Democrat or Bi-Partisan all are in varying degrees of fantasy land [463 words]	rick	Dec 12, 2006 16:00
↔ In 1840 Alexis deTocqueville agreed with your premise [207 words]	rICH	Dec 19, 2006 11:47
Whose Fight is This? [218 words]	Ben Perry	Dec 12, 2006 15:56
↔ Daniel P. is dead on [125 words]	M. Benjamin	Dec 12, 2006 23:59
↔ Only solution to this crisis [240 words]	Temple	Dec 14, 2006 10:52
↔ Step up [39 words]	wolfgang	Dec 14, 2006 11:24
↔ Benjamin solution [115 words]	Syed Kasim	Dec 17, 2006 22:46
Bell Curve of Intelligence [71 words]	LDC	Dec 12, 2006 15:48
Let Me Join the Warmonger Parade [306 words]	Blackspeare	Dec 12, 2006 14:53
↔ James A. Borat, DC permanent feature. [237 words]	Pavel	Dec 12, 2006 22:28
Secure the Kurds, Let the Rest Fight It Out [444 words]	Joe	Dec 12, 2006 14:53
important and relevant history [11 words]	Phyllis Strauss	Dec 12, 2006 14:51
Baker&Botts (with Hamilton) [104 words]	Alan	Dec 12, 2006 14:31
James Baker's Terrible Iraq Report [157 words]	Marcel Zyto	Dec 12, 2006 13:38
Response to Daniel Pipes' article [26 words]	mendel	Dec 12, 2006 13:26
↔ Contact the White House. Mr. Mendel's idea [112 words]	Geni	Dec 12, 2006 18:20
↔ Dangerous Islam [153 words]	Dmytro	Jan 28, 2009 07:44
Baker Report and Bush War Plan [232 words]	James Welsh	Dec 12, 2006 13:06
Israel....alone. [105 words]	Potatoe	Dec 12, 2006 13:01
↔ The majority of Muslims [136 words]	Jeff	Dec 13, 2006 02:10
Baker Commission Iraq Report [341 words]	MPicow	Dec 12, 2006 13:00
The gist of the Report [99 words]	Yuval Brandstetter MD	Dec 12, 2006 12:49
Another disappointment.....Titles over substance [178 words]	No Dhimmi	Dec 12, 2006 12:01
Priceless [449 words]	Pat	Dec 12, 2006 11:51
ISG Report [53 words]	Gary Rosen	Dec 12, 2006 11:13
time to name names [w/response] [98 words]	cvt	Dec 12, 2006 10:50
ISG [69 words]	Donald W. Bales	Dec 12, 2006 10:25
Who is to lead the Arab World-The Sunis or the Sheites [123 words]	David Goshen	Dec 12, 2006 10:25
Civil War in Islam !!! [377 words]	Romesh Chander	Dec 12, 2006 09:56
↔ Romesh - I agree with you.. No sudh thing as moderate Islam or moderate Muslim [82 words]	Jaladhi	Dec 12, 2006 15:46
↔ Romesh Chander Truer words have never been said [51 words]	gellin and infidellin	Dec 13, 2006 20:06
↔ The west is the problem [52 words]	Syed Kasim	Dec 17, 2006 23:02
↔ Syed Kasim back to the madrassa [70 words]	gellin and infidellin	Dec 18, 2006 10:34
↔ IGNORANCE IS THE CAUSE OF SO MUCH HATRED IN THE WORLD [160 words]	GERARDO LARREA FRENCH	Dec 22, 2006 00:52
It's time to leave daddy's friends and find your own, George! [71 words]	Abu Nudnik	Dec 12, 2006 09:55
Bunch of Know-Nothing clowns on center stage? [150 words]	Jaladhi	Dec 12, 2006 09:28
You are too kind [16 words]	jim.e	Dec 12, 2006 09:24
The Baker Report [33 words]	Mildred Mallek	Dec 12, 2006 09:05
↔ ISG Membership [42 words]	Julia	Dec 13, 2006 07:05
Other Know-nothing figures and Baker report is nothing but a way out [192 words]	Harrak	Dec 12, 2006 08:44
New Lipstick on a Very Old Piq. In this case, the old pig is James Baker III [195 words]	Jeff Burke	Dec 12, 2006 07:42
↔ A suggestion that was never made by any bi-partisan group [274 words]	rick	Dec 12, 2006 16:55
↔ You forgot one [56 words]	Sadhasiv	Dec 13, 2006 14:00
↔ Handball is played every day just not with the right people [156 words]	Rick	Dec 13, 2006 18:59

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