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by Eric Martin
Although it won't pass, unfortunately, this is the right idea :
Senior House Democrats have introduced legislation that would impose a surtax beginning in 2011 to cover the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. [...]
“For the last year, as we’ve struggled to pass ...
World
Afghanistan
Iraq
by Eric Martin
Steven Simon , whose work I admire greatly, discusses the negative reaction to the decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in a civilian court. After summarily dispensing with the more inane critiques of Obama's decision, Simon takes on the notion that a trial could serve as a ...
World
by Eric Martin
Johann Hari has a fascinating piece in The Independent that recounts his interviews with several British nationals that have made the journey from active participantsin jihadi/terrorist causes and back. Hari's quest to find out how and why certain people join terrorist ...
World
By Lindsay Beyerstein My first Newsweek story, on the Stupak Amendment , the senate bill, and what's next in the fight over abortion access under health reform. National abortion-rights advocacy groups were outraged when the House passed the Stupak amendment
to the health-care bill. The ...
Congress
Bart Stupak
Health care
Nancy Pelosi
Harry Reid
by von
I suppose that I should say something about Sarah Palin. I know, I know, she's pretty obscure. She's not even a one-term govenor. She's a quitter. She's a losing VP candidate. She doesn't have any expertise. She hasn't really done much.
Kind of a waste of a post.
Still, ...
White House
Mitt Romney
Sarah Palin
By Lindsay Beyerstein
Newsweek used this photograph of Sarah Palin as this week's cover shot.
The headline reads, "How do you solve a problem like Sarah? She's bad news for the GOP and everyone else."
It's a damned good question, and I couldn't think of a better image to make ...
White House
Sarah Palin
by Eric Martin
Colonel Gian Gentile, the alternative to the epidemic of irrational exuberance invested in the ability of counterinsurgency doctrine (COIN) to solve any insoluble military/political conundrum, offers yet another reality check :
History shows that occupation by foreign ...
World
by Eric Martin
Apropos of nothing in particular, this childhood remembrance by one of Osama bin Laden's sons published in Vanity Fair caught my interest. A brief excerpt from an otherwise intriguing piece:
Since the time I could observe and reason, I have mainly known my father to be ...
Other
by Eric Martin
Last week, the Washington Post published a story detailing some of the tensions between the Taliban and al-Qaeda, as recently discussed on this site . According to the Post story, the Taliban is increasingly assuming a dominant role (or returning to a ...
World
Afghanistan
by Eric Martin
Nir Rosen has a fascinating review of recent events in Iraq in the Boston Review . This portion is about as concise and accurate a recounting of the evolution of the conflict as I've come across:
Since the occupation began, Muqtada has been the most controversial public ...
World
Iraq
obsidianwings.blogs.com - 7 days ago
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by von I realize that the blog has
been a bit sparse of late, post-wise. We're working
on it. In a meantime, here are a couple of loosely-related rants that I've been keeping to myself for far too long: Rant One. Based solely on this clip , I ...
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I say hello and it's goodbye again
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by Eric Martin
The news emanating from the White House is that President Obama is unsatisfied with the various proposals for Afghanistan policy recently submitted by his review team (each of which called for a substantial increase in the number of troops, with indefinite timelines). He has ...
World
Afghanistan
by Eric Martin
I think what we need to do is pass a law targeting the entire ACORN organization because some low-level ACORN employees were caught in a video entrapment sting engaging in unethical and, possibly in some instances, illegal behavior (while others behaved quite admirably):
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World
ACORN
United States
obsidianwings.blogs.com - 3 days ago
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by Eric Martin Back in 2006, a wise
man said this: It's time to admit that no
amount of American lives can resolve the political disagreement that lies at the heart of someone else's civil war. And yet, three years and a rather precipitous ...
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You Understand Less As the Pages Turn
by von
The CBO's numbers are out on the GOP's health care plan and they are .... well, not bad. If you measure it by the right yardstick, that is.
Yes, this is gonna be one of those von posts that generates a little fire in the comments among our left-leaning commentators. You're just ...
Other
Republican National Committee
by von
Orin Kerr, tongue planted firmly in cheek, posts four " obvious lessons " from last night's near sweep by Republicans :
1. For Conservative Republicans: The America people reject Barack Obama and obviously want true conservative leadership. ...
2. For Moderate Republicans: The ...
White House
Barack Obama
by Eric Martin
In an effort to cobble together a plausible number of boots on the ground to match thegrandiose mish-mosh strategy of multi-decade counterinsurgency, counterterrorism and nation building in Afghanistan, US forces are, again, relying on the ability to raise, outfit and train ...
World
U.S. Army
Afghanistan
by Eric Martin
By popular request, an open thread. Possible topics of conversation: Election results in New Jersey, Virginia and upstate New York - as well as ballot measures in Maine. Or: whatever suits your fancy.
Rock on.
Other
by Eric Martin
Baby Eric says, "Grplmergggg, aaaah, bayanhhherr"
[ translation: Let's Go Yankees! ]
In other baby related news, last night marked Eric's first foray into the world of pants wearing. It was quite a milestone, all baggy and baby blue.
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by von
I stumbled across this post while perusing Jezebel .* Apparently, it's the second in a series from Alison Samuels explaining why Angelina Jolie is guilty of something -- racism? stupidity? poor fashion sense? -- based on the look her daughter's hair. I missed the first post, but ...
