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justoneminute.typepad.com - 11/12/2008
From The Department of "As If"
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The WaPo looks at Obama's new stance on Afghanistan and delivers this laugh line: Some NATO military officials said enhanced U.S. leadership would be welcome, as long as it was not seen as a "takeover bid," said one senior European...
prnewswire.com - 11/11/2008
IAVA and Ad Council Launch National PSA Campaign for Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan | With Video
— prnewswire.com — In Time for Veterans Day, Campaign Directs Veterans to the First and Only Online Community Created Exclusively... for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans New York, NY (November 10, 2008) /PRNewswire/ In an effort to help ease the transition and readjustment ... (more) IAVA and Ad Council Launch National PSA Campaign for ...

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michellemalkin.com - 11/13/2008
Unrepentant, anti-capitalist terrorist cashes in
— michellemalkin.com — Read this post » (more) Unrepentant, anti-capitalist terrorist cashes in

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sfgate.com - 11/11/2008
Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans join the homeless
— sfgate.com — June Moss drove from Kuwait to Iraq as an Army engineer in a truck convoy. When she... returned to the United States, she lost her home, and drove her two young children from hotel to hotel across Northern California. Sean McKeen, a hardy, ... (more) Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans join the homeless

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Ace of Spades HQ:  Obama Deliberately Omitted "Democracy" From Those Aspirations the US Would Support

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Obama Deliberately Omitted "Democracy" From Those Aspirations the US Would Support
Ace of Spades HQ — Obama Deliberately Omitted "Democracy" From Those Aspirations the US Would Support Too idealistic, or something. Kaus asks: I'd give up on the drug war (and the attempt to eradicate Afghanistan's opium crop) before I'd give up democracy.... P.S.: So we really are in for a mirror image of the 20th century, when it was liberals who criticized the U.S. government for siding with strongmen in order to fight the global enemy (Communism) I think Obama generally favors any policy that 1) pleases the nutroots by repudiating Bush and 2) minimizes US efforts in the War on Terror ...

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