Even Time Magazine is calling James Baker and his friends delusional.

The Big Lie About the Middle East - Tell James Baker: Arab nations don't care about the Palestinians

To promote the canard that the troubles of the Arab world are rooted in the Palestinians' misfortune does great harm. It encourages the Arabs to continue to avoid addressing their colossal societal and political ills by hiding behind their Great Excuse: it's all Israel's fault. Certainly, Israel has at times been an obnoxious neighbor, but God help the Arab leaders, propagandists and apologists if a day ever comes when the Arab-Israeli mess is unraveled.

The Democrats who have no vision of their own for Iraq except leave now or leave later, were counting on Bush's rejection of the Iraq Study Group's report to show that he refuses even the best, most well-argued advice.  Future House Speaker Pelosi even said that the ISG report echoed virtually all of the Democrats' main talking points on Iraq.  Are they really willing to go out and defend the ISG recommendations?  There's still room for backtracking.

"Pelosi has been leery of the commission from the start, because she had no hand in picking its Democratic members."

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