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The members of the Iraq Study Group hope that their collaboration will, among things, help usher in a new spirit of bipartisanship. So as a Republican, I'll offer this bipartisan thought -- other than Jimmy Carter, I can't think of a major public figure I like less than James Baker. The two share a strong desire to stick it to Israel. I've always thought that Baker's is less pathological than Carter's, but after reading the ISG report (and Scott's post below), I'm no longer certain. Baker's position as head of the ISG has provided him with one last chance to...

<p>December 8, 2006 -- WASHINGTON - The front page of yesterday's New York Post, depicting the two chairmen of the Iraq Study Group as chimps under the headline "Surrender Monkeys," was the talk of Washington, creating ripples from Capitol Hill to the White House.</p>

Baker Group Over-Reaches With Israel Steve In forming its recommendations for Israeli foreign policy, the Iraq Study Group has over-reached its mandate in the eyes of Israel, among others. Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected the Baker Group’s calls for Israel and Syria to enter into peace talks. VOA News quoted Olmert as he dismissed the report’s many calls for Israeli concessions. “In many parts of the region you see conflict, you see conflict, struggle and instability. But the idea that the reason there are problems in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon is because of Israel is an assumption that I...