The Baker Mission

Long-time Bush family ally James Baker is now in charge of settling Iraq's foreign debt. The always interesting Josh Marshall thinks there's more going on here than meets the eye. So far he's discussed Baker's oil ties to U.S. ambassador in Riyadh Robert Jordan and the fact that Iraq's largest creditors are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. I'm not sure where he's going with this, since so far it just looks like a case for why Baker is especially qualified for the mission. But I've learned to pay attention.