Bush envoy meets Sunni leader in Iraq (James Baker)

[ECH1969]

Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, who heads an independent panel charged with taking a fresh look at U.S. policy in Iraq, met one of the most senior Sunni leaders in the Iraqi coalition government on Friday.

Baker held talks with Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie in his offices in the Green Zone government compound in Baghdad. Zobaie has been meeting Sunni tribal leaders as part of the government's efforts to defuse a bloody Sunni insurgency.

"James Baker was the engineer of U.S. foreign policy for many years. He has been sent by George Bush personally to find out the reality of what is happening in Iraq."

The White House said in March the Iraq Study Group would provide an independent look at the "way forward" in Iraq. Panel members have spoken little of their work on it. They include retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, former CIA director Robert Gates, former Attorney General Edwin Meese and former Defense Secretary William Perry.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/AR2006090100522.html

[Solly Mack]

1. *snort*

Yeah, that'll help.

[0007]

2. So junior's getting James A. Baker III to play three card monte

with the Sunni's, 'eh?

[TomInTib]

3. Don't we already have a Secretary of State?

Or did I miss something?

on edit: Maybe he took April Glasbie (sp?) along. After all, she worked wonders last time around.

[wordpix2]

15. yes but obviously she's not very effective--neither is Karen Hughes

[tularetom]

4. Why does * need James Baker to tell him how things are going in Iraq?

Doesn't he already fucking know? He keeps telling us everything is going great. He isn't lying is he? Besides he already has 150,000 military personnel there. Betcha they could tell him.

[wordpix2]

19. * is too busy reading Shakespeare & Kafka to know what's happening

in Iraq. He's such a great intellectual, he doesn't have time to read the papers

[donsu]

5. whatever Baker has a hand in is criminal - Sunni should beware

nt

[stillcool]

6. the ultimate tool....

http://www.bakerbotts.com/departments/practice_detail.aspx?id=183d6bbb-2536-4787-8987-777f08d44724

[KoKo]

7. Maybe the results of the "Bush 41 and 43 Summit" at Kennebunkport last

week? Or...Poppy took his evil spawn on that boat ride and said: "Remember that movie The Godfather? Well...you're Fredo unless you get your butt in gear. The family business is sick of taking the heat for your screw up shit."

[rodeodance]

8. Sandra Day O'Conner will not be drowned out. there is hope that

something positive will come of this.

[leesa]

14. She put Bush in the White House. Nuff Said.

[rodeodance]

9. they will not be re-visiting the sins of the past:

......The White House said in March the Iraq Study Group would provide an independent look at the "way forward" in Iraq.

In its September issue, Washington Monthly magazine, which is critical of Bush, said the Iraq Study Group was "trying to devise a fresh set of policies to help the president chart a new course in -- or, perhaps, to get the hell out of -- Iraq."

A surge in sectarian violence has derailed U.S. plans to begin withdrawing some of its troops this year. Washington has boosted troop levels from 127,000 to 140,000 in recent weeks to help the Iraqi government regain control of its capital.

[wordpix2]

16. confirms what Negroponte said today on NPR: * is getting "different views"

as long as they're Republican

[Jester_11218]

10. Washington Post: Deceptive Bastards!

As are all the corporate media...

As noted on the TvNewsLIES.org news page:
http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#war


"Why does the Washington Post refer to James Baker as the former Secretary of State and not as a current senior partner at the law firm of Baker Botts and senior counsel to the Carlyle Group; a war profiteer?"

[Barrett808]

11. Yeah, he was the engineer of the whole "arm Saddam" policy

That worked out just great.

[wordpix2]

17. everything comes around: arm Saddam to fend off Shiites in Iran, now

Shiites are in power in Iraq allied with Iran. Heckuva job, Dimson.

[KoKo]

12. Kick...because MSM didn't focus on this latest Baker Bailout of Bushies...

:kick:

[wordpix2]

18. but it remains to be seen how well he'll succeed this time around.

For both sides to end their civil war, Bakerbot will have to offer them something. What can he offer? I guess he'll just push US closer to $10 trillion in debt instead of $9 trillion if the Iraqis will end their sectarian violence by November so * can look like a hero.

For once I'd like these asses to settle with their own money instead of ours, since they lied us into this mess.

[leesa]

13. Oh Boy, it's never good when they send The Crime Family Fixer

Lots of filth on that little secret panel.