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Thursday, November 16, 2006 12:00 AM

All the father's men

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

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  • Thursday, November 16, 2006 05:46 AM

    Out of the frying pan...

    The US is not the only player in the Iraq war yet the Iraq Study Group contains no non-Americans: no representatives from Iraq or elsewhere in the Middle East and no representatives from America's allies. (There was a representation from Tony Blair, but he's one of the guilty parties in Iraq.)

    The Iraq mess was caused by the US blundering in with a 'we know best' attitude and totally ignoring anything it didn't want to hear.

    I'm sure Baker and co will be more realistic than the neocons but it does worry me that the unilateralism message doesn't seem to have sunk in yet.

    —David W Read David W's other letters

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