Jimmy Baker, As Reliable As A Broken Clock

And right nearly as often:

The White House has been examining a proposal by James Baker to launch a Middle East peace effort without Israel.

The peace effort would begin with a U.S.-organized conference, dubbed Madrid-2, and contain such U.S. adversaries as Iran and Syria. Officials said Madrid-2 would be promoted as a forum to discuss Iraq's future, but actually focus on Arab demands for Israel to withdraw from territories captured in the 1967 war. They said Israel would not be invited to the conference.

“As Baker sees this, the conference would provide a unique opportunity for the United States to strike a deal without Jewish pressure,” an official said. “This has become the most hottest proposal examined by the foreign policy people over the last month.”

Now why would anyone think ol' Jimmy was an anti-Semite?

Maybe it's that "Jewish pressure."

'Cause it sure can't be them Saudi dollars steering ol' Jimmy. No sir.

If the Riyadh gang's cash dries up, maybe there's a job opportunity opening up for a grizzled old Israel-basher here.