Eventually politicians are going to figure out that with the advent of broadband Internet access, it has become impossible to run away from your own past statements. Until then, they'll... [More]
September 1, 2006
September 2, 2006
War On Terror News
Three big stories in today's NYT, both showing how our current approach to the "war on terror" is disastrous. Fist, to Afghanistan: KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 2 — Afghanistan’s opium harvest... [More]
Westernization?
Pat Lang discusses our democratization project in Iraq: Believing deeply in a Utopian vision of human social progress and inclined to think that Israel would be benefited by a Middle... [More]
September 3, 2006
Blair to Resign?
Potentially huge news out of the UK: Tony Blair will be served notice to quit Downing Street at a meeting of the Cabinet next week when senior ministers plan to... [More]
The Truth About Iran's Nuclear Program
Laura Rozen has a new brief from The Institute for Science and International Security's on Iran's nuclear centrifuge program. The title? Iran's Centrifuge Program: Defiant but Delayed... [More]
September 4, 2006
Zakaria: "It's 2006, Not 1938"
Fareed Zakaria offers some perspective: It's 1938, says the liberal columnist Richard Cohen, evoking images of Hitler's armies massing in the face of an appeasing West. No, no, says Newt... [More]
September 11, 2006
What Could Have Been
On February 12, 2002, Al Gore delivered a now largely forgotten speech before the Council on Foreign Relations. Like Kevin, I don't agree with everything he says here - I... [More]
September 13, 2006
"Time For Us To Go"
It appears true intellectual conservatives are finally beginning to stand up and call this administration what it truly is: radical. Yesterday I linked to comments from UK Conservative Party leader... [More]
This Is Why We Fight?
Iraq, Iran, North Korea. They are, we were told, an axis of evil. They must be stopped. So I have to ask.... Was this part of the plan? That's Iraqi... [More]
September 14, 2006
This Is Not Who We Are. This Is Not The Best We Can Do. (UPDATED)
Great catch by Josh Marshall on the history of the Geneva Conventions. They were left deliberately vague because it was believed this would make their protections stronger, not weaker. Military... [More]
September 17, 2006
General Vessey Speaks
After hearing about this letter on Friday's NewsHour, I've been searching high and low for the text. As it turns out, the NYT has a copy. Before we get to... [More]
September 22, 2006
The Simon and Schuster Veto?
Can someone please explain this to me? Because I don't understand. President Bush said today he was surprised by reports that a former top State Department official threatened heavy U.S.... [More]
September 24, 2006
Misunderstanding the Middle East
Great catch by Pat Lang. This photo says volumes about the complexity of politics in the Middle East.... [More]
September 25, 2006
Quote of the Day
Dennis Smith, on one of the unfortunate and ultimately unnecessary effects of superpower status: These two nation [Great Britain and the United States] have, in turn, enjoyed the experience of... [More]
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