thewashingtonnote.com - 11/17/2008
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(Andrew Bacevich talking with Bill Moyers)
Fire Dog Lake has some of the best book salons on the web. They run in real time for two hours with a web-based exchange between an author and FDL readers. I have had the pleasure of hosting two of these -- one with Jacob Heilbrunn on his ...
pajamasmedia.com - 11/14/2008
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pajamasmedia.com —
November 14, 2008 "THE WAR IS OVER AND
WE WON:" Michael Yon just phoned from Baghdad, and...
reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good. "There's nothing going on. I'm with the 10th Mountain Division, ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/20/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Ross Douthat forecasts Barack Obama’s political strategy :
Even with the GOP brand in the toilet, Republicans...
are still trusted as much or more than Dems on foreign policy, mostly for somewhat nebulous “toughness” reasons. So ...
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Defictits Actually Do Matter and Defense Is, In Fact, a Budget Item
Obsidian Wings —
... an event like Katrina, or a bailout out of the banking industry.
*(Regarding Bacevich's book: I tend to agree with Clark Stooksbury and Daniel Larison, with the latter remarking, "it is the book conservatives, and indeed anyone interested in a sane U.S. foreign policy, ought to read this year." For those looking for a synopsis, here is an essay by Bacevich himself, and some excerpts from a book salon he conducted recently here.) ...
Deficits Actually Do Matter and Defense Is, In Fact, a Budget Item
Newshoggers.com —
... an event like Katrina, or a bailout out of the banking industry.
*(Regarding Bacevich's book: I tend to agree with Clark Stooksbury and Daniel Larison, with the latter remarking, "it is the book conservatives, and indeed anyone interested in a sane U.S. foreign policy, ought to read this year." For those looking for a synopsis, here is an essay by Bacevich himself, and some excerpts from a book salon he conducted recently here.) ...
Military stays dominant in the field -- or not?
The Reaction —
... of a free and open society, with a strong Middle Class whose children could, once again, hope to do better than their parents? Who knows what might happen to the millions now consigned to hopelessness around the world. Do I dream too much? ...
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firedoglake.com 11/17/2008 —
[Welcome Andrew Bacevich, and Chris Hedges. As a reminder, please take off-topic discussions to a different thread. thanks - bev]
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newshoggers.com 11/16/2008 — By Cernig
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