wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 12/15/2008
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Say you have two presidents of two countries, both of whom have established a relationship with a third country and are in competition there for greater influence and strategic depth.
When visiting the third country, the first president arrives unannounced and in secret , is whisked from the ...
pajamasmedia.com - 12/10/2008
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pajamasmedia.com —
Trick question: what was the stop-the-presses news coming
out of the Windy City yesterday? Nope, it wasn’t...
that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested for corruption–for, inter alia, attempting to sell Barack Obama’s ...
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The real news from Chicago: a thought experiment
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 12/9/2008
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confederateyankee.mu.nu —
...Scalia adds another Obama citizenship case to the
Supreme Court's Dec. 12 docket, Wrotnowski Vs. Bysiewicz. Let...
the fun and games begin continue!...
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Just When You Thought It Was Over...
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A Perfect 10
Swampland —
... Matt Duss has an interesting thought about the Bush visit to Iraq over at Wonk Room. I'm not sure the implication is entirely accurate: going forward, the relationship between Iraq's security forces and the U.S. military--locked in by spare parts, logistics and training regimes--could be every bit as significant as Iraq's fraternal Shi'ite ties with Iran. The neoconservatives who see Iraq as a bastion of freedom are, I think, deep in fantasyland...but that doesn't necessarily mean Iraq will go over completely to the dark side, either. The tug of war between U.S. and Iranian ...
Rice's Claims About Iran
democracyarsenal.org —
... paramilitary training,
weapons, and equipment to various Iraqi militant groups, including
Moqtada al‐Sadr’s Jaysh al‐Mahdi (JAM) and the Special Group Criminals
(SGCs)...
The Iraqi government has cracked down on Iranian‐affiliated militias in
the last six months. The Iraqi government’s effort does constrain
Iran’s ability to employ violence inside Iraq, but it will not prevent
Iran from exerting influence through supportive Iraqi politicians. As Matt Duss wrote earlier today (And I also observed a ways back). All one needs to do is ...
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