Unbelievable - James Baker on Huckabee says Obama handled Israel the right way...

[presently no screen name]

Did someone present him w/an opportunity for a show? Just seems to me, if my name is attached to a show, I need to approve certain things. I'm more of a 'no compromise' person.

Certain guests may not be the best, nor pleasing but when it comes to a Baker - no compromise. I'm not having him. That's it. It's me as your guest host or him - it's their choice. I'd have no problem walking off and would enjoy telling the public! No one pulls my strings.

The other alternative, I'd make his appearance a disaster, that he'd walk off. And look at the producers and say, if you ever go against my wishes, I'll do it again.

God is my Provider, never man. I wasn't put on this earth to do their will. I have my limits/my boundaries.

[freekitty]

What do you think?

[Texas Songwriter]

Baker was antiIsrael when he was secretary of state.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

James Baker helped give away our Panama Canal.

I hate the guy.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Ooops there!!!!

I have the wrong idiot Baker.

I should have done my research before posting.

I was thinking of the other Baker under Carter.

[Ben Ficklin]

"....but what James Baker says or does these days is irrelevant"

Not so, Baker is very relevant.

Baker belongs to that foreign policy school or doctrine known as Realists or Pragmatists and Obama campaigned on Realist policies. McCain campaigned on NeoCon policies.

Realist Colin Powell voted for Obama
Realist Henry Kissinger, even tho he was a paid consultant to the MCain campaign, endorsed Obama's pledge to negotiate with Iran
Realist George Schultz criticized candidate McCain's position on Russia.

Obama's "four wise old men" are Kissinger, Scowcroft, Baker, and Brzezinski.

Obama's back up plan for Israel-Palestine was written by Scowcroft, Baker, Brzezinski, and Carter.

[RED SOUTH]

well the Realist are the same clowns that almost lost the cold war with detente....

[Ben Ficklin]

Back then it was CIA Director GHW Bush who consented to the NeoCons working up Plan B, which the US did follow. Not only was Plan B incorrect, the Soviet Union was collapsing as Plan B was being implemented.

The NeoCons were wrong then and the NeoCons were wrong about Iraq.

Thank God James Baker chaired the Iraq Study Group.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Over the years, I’ve just had it with people making excuses for the first President Bush. He did what he did in the face of outrage from his base. His base left him due to neglect.

[trisham]

All the anti-semites seem emboldened these days.