http://dir.salon.com/topics/james_baker/?source=rss&aim=james_baker en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/20/bush_draper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/20/bush_draper/index.html?source=rss Hoping that history will somehow vindicate him, the president has entered a phase of decadent perversity. By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/28/quote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/28/quote/index.html?source=rss How John McCain is like Ronald Reagan. By Joe Conason Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/05/25/bush_iraq_plan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/05/25/bush_iraq_plan/index.html?source=rss Six months ago, the new Congress missed its chance to shift the debate on Iraq -- and to avoid this week's defeat on a timetable for withdrawal. By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/05/supreme_court/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/05/supreme_court/index.html?source=rss And why Ruth Bader Ginsburg doesn't relish being the only woman left serving there. By Walter Shapiro Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/31/iraq_hearings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/31/iraq_hearings/index.html?source=rss While James Baker preaches to give escalation a chance, Congress searches for the means to stop Bush's war in Iraq. By Tim Grieve Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/28/panel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/28/panel/index.html?source=rss If Bush ignored the Iraq Study Group, how is he going to feel about this commission's work? By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/01/10/condi_rice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/01/10/condi_rice/index.html?source=rss After signaling support for James Baker's Iraq proposals, Condi caved and stood faithfully by the president's failing policies -- assuring her irrelevance, and that of the State Department. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/12/20/bush_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/12/20/bush_war/index.html?source=rss A battered group of neocons delivered the president his latest war plan, letting him reject the grave warnings of the Iraq Study Group and deny that we're losing the war. By Gary Kamiya Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2006/12/12/isg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2006/12/12/isg/index.html?source=rss The Iraq Study Group report may be DOA. But it shows the Washington establishment is finally confronting reality in the Middle East. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/08/troop_levels/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/08/troop_levels/index.html?source=rss Expert advisors to the Iraq Study Group say the U.S. military now faces a cold, hard truth: It can't muster many more combat troops for the war. By Juan Cole Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/08/bush_isg_shiites/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/08/bush_isg_shiites/index.html?source=rss The president's Shiite allies in Iraq really don't like some of James Baker's Sunni-friendly suggestions. By Joe Conason Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/12/08/iraq_mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/12/08/iraq_mccain/index.html?source=rss The Iraq Study Group shot down Bush's failed war strategy. Yet John McCain stubbornly supports it -- calling for more troops and promising unattainable victory. By Tim Grieve Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/07/baker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/07/baker/index.html?source=rss "Jim Baker can go back to his day job." By Walter Shapiro Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/07/isg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/07/isg/index.html?source=rss Victory in Iraq is out of reach. But at least the recommendations of the bipartisan Baker Commission could help the U.S. find an exit strategy. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/12/07/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/12/07/iraq/index.html?source=rss Just as he ignored accurate intelligence on Iraq, Bush will dismiss the Baker Commission's tough-minded proposals for salvaging his botched war. By Tim Grieve Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/06/baker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/06/baker/index.html?source=rss A punt and then a dodge from the Iraq Study Group member who probably knows best. By Joe Conason Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/12/01/baker_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/12/01/baker_iraq/index.html?source=rss The president's likely refusal to pursue the diplomatic solutions recommended by the Iraq Study Group is simply senseless. By Walter Shapiro Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/01/no_exit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/01/no_exit/index.html?source=rss We blundered into Iraq for made-in-America reasons. Now our absorption in domestic politics will dictate our blundering out. By Tim Grieve Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/30/toolate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/30/toolate/index.html?source=rss Sources involved in the Baker group's deliberations worry that their report is "too late." By Mark Benjamin Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/11/22/dems_on_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/11/22/dems_on_iraq/index.html?source=rss Early signs indicate that Democrats will be very cautious about redeployment, and they want to make sure W. takes the blame. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/11/17/iraq_study_group/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/11/17/iraq_study_group/index.html?source=rss In a secret end run around Cheney and Rumsfeld, the secretary of state pressed Bush to back the Iraq Study Group -- and change the course of the war. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/11/16/baker_rescue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/11/16/baker_rescue/index.html?source=rss Bush family guardians James Baker and others are trying to rescue "Sonny" from his failed Middle East policies. Will he listen this time? By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/11/08/election/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/11/08/election/index.html?source=rss Like Haggard and other GOP cultural warriors, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld were empty historical characters -- faux "war heroes" who trafficked in style over substance. By Joe Conason Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/10/27/rnc_ad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/10/27/rnc_ad/index.html?source=rss Ken Mehlman's cynical effort to inflame white bigotry in Tennessee is no different from what the Republicans did in their infamous 1988 "Willie Horton" ad. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/10/26/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/10/26/iraq/index.html?source=rss The president is already signaling he'll disregard James A. Baker III's recommendations for reshaping U.S. policy in the Middle East. But will Baker sit still?