Posted on 12/06/2006 9:08:30 PM PST by dennisw
"And here we go again...Baker is yet again trying to set Israel up for destruction/annihilation.."
You are absolutely correct, as proven by page 40 of the Iraq Study Group Report:
RECOMMENDATION 15: Concerning Syria, some elements of that negotiated peace should be:
• Syria’s full adherence to UN Security Council Resolution 1701 of August 2006, which provides the framework for Lebanon to regain sovereign control over its territory.
• Syria’s full cooperation with all investigations into political assassinations in Lebanon, especially those of Rafik Hariri and Pierre Gemayel.
• A verifiable cessation of Syrian aid to Hezbollah and the use of Syrian territory for transshipment of Iranian weapons and aid to Hezbollah. (This step would do much to solve Israel’s problem with Hezbollah.)
• Syria’s use of its influence with Hamas and Hezbollah for the release of the captured Israeli Defense Force soldiers.
• A verifiable cessation of Syrian efforts to undermine the democratically elected government of Lebanon.
• A verifiable cessation of arms shipments from or transiting through Syria for Hamas and other radical Palestinian groups.
• A Syrian commitment to help obtain from Hamas an acknowledgment of Israel’s right to exist.
• Greater Syrian efforts to seal its border with Iraq.
RECOMMENDATION 16: In exchange for these actions and in the context of a full and secure peace agreement, the Israelis should return the Golan Heights, with a U.S. security guarantee for Israel that could include an international force on the border, including U.S. troops if requested
by both parties.
RECOMMENDATION 17: Concerning the Palestinian issue, elements of that negotiated peace should include:
• Adherence to UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 and to the principle of land for peace, which are the only bases for achieving peace.
• Strong support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority to take the lead in preparing the way for negotiations with Israel.
• A major effort to move from the current hostilities by consolidating the cease-fire reached between the Palestinians and the Israelis in November 2006.
Mega-dittoes, Bill Bennett. You've nailed it.
James Baker is always bad news for Israel. But the same man lead the GOP lawyers who preserved Pres George Bush's victory in 2000. James Baker (and his team) beat the Donks at their own game.
He got it right. It's a big mistake to base America's foreign policy on this.
Ca-CHING!!! Another million bucks Bill has sent to the slots!!
Thank YOU, for posting the pertinent bits of this disgusting Baker Israel sellout.
A guy who squandered EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS on SLOT MACHINES???!!!
Be-have.
Haven't said anything that wasn't true.
Heh ... yeah, that too.
They might as well have gotten Pat Buchanan to write the report.
Joe Lieberman re-election pretty much sums up the attitude of most Americans. We are fed up with bipartisanship for the sake of getting along.
Lieberman owes no allegiance to any party. I hope he's able to make a difference in the coming months. There are very hard decisions ahead I just hope the president have strong men and women who can take a stand when necessary.
These idiots think we can play whack-a-mole with a feather.
it won't work.
Thanks for the heads up.
I'll check it out.
I know. It's so unreal actually seeing it happen in this lifetime. Makes you feel kind of queasy, ya know?
CA....
We'll just call that a Christmas wish list that is doubtful to come to pass. Has anything the UN been involved in ever been successful?
Why does it seem that we are confronted with daily confirmations that we're living in the "bizarro world?"
I'm tired of abnormalities being hailed as better than common decency.
Regardless of whether your dire (and unlikely) predictions come true, montag813's comment was dispicable. You may disagree with Baker, but you'd have a hard time convincing me that he hates America, and designed his plan to destroy it. Only something on that level would justify such a sentiment.
You mean he should have given it to the homeless and poor who can't buy milk and cookies?
Doesn't say how many millions he won. Just the losses.
Well .. Lieberman said basically the same thing.
He said that inviting Syria and Iran to help in Iraq is like the fire dept inviting an arsonist to fight the fire.
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