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Iraq War: Can We Actually Have a Debate?

January 19, 2007

Peggy Noonan simultaneously offers a reasonable position on politics and the war and imagines that we have another President, one capable of admitting that he has made mistakes: It’s been an era of soft thinking and hard words. Those who opposed the war were weak and craven; those who supported it were dupes and bullies; [...]

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I Don’t Know How To Feel About This

January 10, 2007

Obviously, I don’t think that we should keep holding Japan’s role in WWII against them. However, I do think that we should maybe think long and hard before we add them to the Security council. I don’t know how popular this will be as a proposition to the US, and I don’t even know what [...]

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Thomas Friedman: Not Even Pretending to Make Sense on Iraq

November 29, 2006

In an effort to shake off the derision directed at his repeated claims that the next six months would be critical for Iraq, Thomas Friedman today offered a bold new Friedman Unit: now, it turns out, the next ten months are critical. Friedman’s not unique because he has almost totally reversed himself on the Iraq War; [...]

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Israeli Decency Betrays Them

November 22, 2006

As you may well of heard, Palestinians have resorted to using human shields to deter Israeli millitary strikes. I don’t know the official international consensus on this, but the BBC had this to say – “Palestinians can unite in confronting their enemy and the passive resistance of the human shields will be admired from around [...]

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Just What Latin America Needs…

November 17, 2006

…More millitary advisors! “The administration hopes the training will forge links with countries in the region and blunt a leftward trend. ” , USA Today reported a few days ago. I’m glad to see that, given that he’s botched the war on terror, our distinguished president has decided to re-invigorate a war his father fared [...]

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We Must’ve Taken Another Peek Into Putin’s Soul

November 15, 2006

Looks like despite Russia’s retreat from democracy and its abuse of human rights, the United States has decided to back Russia’s entry into the WTO. More troubling from an international trade perspective, however, is the way Russia treats Georgia. After Georgia arrested four Russians accused of spying, Russia has cut of Georgia’s mail, harassed Georgian [...]

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What Should Have Been Done Long Ago-

November 13, 2006

If the nation really is ready to pull out of Iraq, at least partially, then it will be time to do something we should have done long ago – win the war in Afghanistan. NATO is doing by most accounts, a generally good job given the resources allocated to them. However, NATO is fighting our [...]

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Glenn Reynolds: Tool

November 12, 2006

In a sign of the forthcoming bipartisanship and cordial politics of the right, Glenn Reynolds links approvingly to this piece, which argues that the Democratic victory in the midterm elections was actually a victory for al Qaeda: Now, the stage is set for al Qaeda to win a major victory. It was a simple matter of [...]

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