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(This got long)

I find the lies of omission, specifically about the extremely close ties GH Bush and Gates had during their CIA careers, here that were not reported on, were not mentioned, were not even brought up by Democrats during the confirmation hearings for evening tv news newsbytes, to be the most disturbing part.

Gates had been GH Bush's trusted subordinate during various times for 27 years in the CIA, then again during the Reagan/Bush I presidencies. Serious questions as to whether GW Bush is now being handled by the same group of men the same way Reagan was during the last 3 years of his presidency and fight with Alzheimer's. The same group of men now stand beside GW Bush today.

There is no question in my mind as to why Gates was chosen, his loyalty to the Bush family is absolute, as there is no question that Baker wrote and molded the vast majority of this report. I question if Baker and Gates have any reason to acquiesce to GW Bush's policy decisions.

It's been 12 years since Bush I was out of office, Baker has been on the Saud payroll every day since Clinton's inauguration, Baker has gone on Larry King bragging of this career as Saud pointman.

Gates though, is a medium sized fish in this school, it's highly unlikely he will depart from Bush I and Baker Israel policy, and that means Israel being told to not respond when Saddam dropped Scuds on Israel's population centers. Like Olmert was told to do by the Bush White House in the last weeks.

I am now certain that GW Bush feels isolated amongst his own advisors, and is going to have to find some strong personal fortitude if he isn't going to rollover like this father did when he was being advised by this same group of advisors. GW Bush is probably as disgusted with Olmert and Livni as Freepers are, and just as Bush naturally pulled away from Schroeder and Martin and Chirac out of disgust and futility, he will do so with Olmert.

GW Bush will have been 2 years out of office and Olmert could still be running Israel into the ground. I'm afraid the Israeli election had both Arab and American sharks senseing blood in the water.

You don't kick your allies while they are down, and this is exactly what the Baker report did. Baker doesn't consider Israel an ally, so it was done with clear intention to permanently alter the dynamics of the region and hasten the future war Israel will fight.