[muawiyah]

McLaughlin tends to follow the Pope when it comes to "foreign policy" initiatives that ALSO involve the Holy Land.

The only reason you notice it these days is the Middle East is a major news maker.

Otherwise I don't think there's much difference between McLaughlin and Bush I, Bush II, or even Prescott Bush (particularly regarding relations with Deutschland in 1939, 1940 and most of 1941!)

[NeoCaveman]

What's the origin of McLaughlin's hatred of Bush's foreign policy?

He is an Arabist and therefor unwatchable.

[GATOR NAVY]

What's your opinion of John McLaughlin?

I liked him when he was with The Mahavishnu Orchestra...

[woodyinscc]

I used to watch him all the time, I have not bothered in the last two yrs. His swing to the dark side was too much for me.

[proxy_user]

"One of the most versatile and influential guitarists of our time, John McLaughlin is known as an extraordinary solo artist, as the leader of both the group breaking Mahavishnu Orchestra and the revolutionary indo-jazz group Shakti and as the composer of some of the most stunning classical Jazz-fusion pieces ever written.

Yes, quite good really. The stuff he did with Shakti is extraordinary.

[34512a]

The problem is that when he retires so will the show. Has anyone else noticed the decline of political shows over the past year? There were a flurry of new ones that got crappy time slots and/or fizzled out (Buchanan & Press, Alan Keyes, etc). And then an established show like Crossfire got moved to a 4:30 time slot. Who gets off work in time to watch that?

[buccaneer81]

McLaughlin tends to follow the Pope when it comes to "foreign policy"

He's a former seminarian, if not a priest as I recall.

[Mr. Mojo]

And the answer is.........

Senile .....Arabist .......Perpetually angry .......

[Maria S]

I don't bother watching anymore. Pat Buchanan started following Eleanor Clift's line of gab too much to suit me. And I cannot STAND that broad!

[Dilbert56]

From Ken Pollack - CIA analyst and Clinton NSC member:

Somewhat remarkably, given how adamantly Germany would oppose the war, the German Federal Intelligence Service held the bleakest view of all, arguing that Iraq might be able to build a nuclear weapon within three years. Israel, Russia, Britain, China, and even France held positions similar to that of the United States; France's President Jacques Chirac told Time magazine last February, "There is a problem—the probable possession of weapons of mass destruction by an uncontrollable country, Iraq. The international community is right ... in having decided Iraq should be disarmed." In sum, no one doubted that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.