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Weekend Watchdog

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked.

And on Sunday at 4 PM ET, tune in to Air America Radio's "Seder on Sundays" program, where I'll offer the Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up.

Iraq and the Middle East look to dominate the Sunday shows, as the Bush administration sends its Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker to NBC's Meet The Press and its top commander in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus to Fox News Sunday.

Here are some related questions that should be asked:

1. A professor at the U.S. Naval War College recently said in the LA Times (via Daily Kos) that, "the war itself was a catastrophic mistake. It was a faulty grand strategy, not poor implementation."

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