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Baker appears to have some splainin to do.

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Perhaps this link can shed some light on these troubling questions.

[hosepipe]

Baker will explain right after Sandy Burglar does..
The odds though are remote..

[Libertarianize the GOP]

Why would the Saudis need to buy Baker off, his record would indicate that he could develop this report all on his own.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

"...nor did they interview any Military person."

not quite true....read the credits beginning on page 107 here:

http://www.bakerinstitute.org/Pubs/iraqstudygroup_findings.pdf

[AmishDude]

Pah-leeze! Don't go looking for conspiracies, we knew what the report would be, based on the makeup.

[gotribe]

In a word, Yes. Baker's middle eastern record is atrocious.

[Porterville]

traitor? anti Semite.... seems to be a whole lot of them lately.

[dfwgator]

Does the Pope crap in the woods?

[jagrmeister]

This doesn't add up. Why would the Saudi's, who are Sunni, want the US out of Iraq? The US has been the only force ensuring that the Shi'ite political leadership provides for Sunni regions. And the abscence of the US only aids Iran, a Shi'ite nation, to influence Iraq, and further persecute Sunnis.

[Old_Mil]

Now come on. We all know that this is just business, and that we can trust our business partners in the middle east not to compromise our interests, right?

[khnyny]

Baker had/has ties to the Carlyle Group.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Was the Baker Commission bought off by the Saudis?

Is a bullfrog waterproof?

[blake6900]

Baker keeps reminding us what a piece of sh!t the first Bush was as president.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

"There was not one Military person on the commission, nor did they interview any Military person." Not quite accurate.

I r a q S t u d y G r o u p C o n s u l t a t i o n s

*General George W. Casey, Jr.—Commanding General,
Multi-National Forces–Iraq
Lt. General James T. Conway—Director of Operations, J-3,
on the Joint Staff
* Lt. General Peter Chiarelli—Commander, Multi-National
Forces–Iraq
Lt. General David H. Petraeus—Commanding General, U.S.
Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth
*Lt. General Martin Dempsey—Commander Multi-National
Security Transition Command–Iraq
*Maj. General Joseph Peterson—Coalition Police Assistance
Training Team
*Maj. General Richard Zilmer—Commander, 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force
Colonel Derek Harvey—Senior Intelligence Officer for Iraq,
Defense Intelligence Agency
Lt. Colonel Richard Bowyer—National War College (recently
served in Iraq)
Lt. Colonel Justin Gubler—National War College (recently
served in Iraq)
Lt. Colonel David Haight—National War College (recently
served in Iraq)
Lt. Colonel Russell Smith—National War College (recently
served in Iraq)

[Torie]

Baker did not write the report alone. It was a give and take document, and not all were in the pay of the Saudis. This garbage is not helpful. Having said that, the report failed to really grapple with the tough end game choices the US faces. Thus, it is near worthless. But it was not a Saudi job. That would be odd, because if all the recommendations were inmplemented, in the ensuing chaos, the Sunnis would be the clear losers, and probably slaughtered like stuck pigs if they lived in the wrong zip codes.