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Joe the Veep
Mission accomplished on Joe's top secret Magical Mystery tour. Joe didn't want to tell you press guys this, but he was going to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq (shhh). And so, indeed, he did. Without causing a nuclear war on the subcontinent (whew!), committing a serious gaffe (damn!), or ...
Get Afghanistan Right!
getafghanistanright.com — Get Afghanistan Right Week posted on January 12th, 2009 by Jason Rosenbaum at The Seminal As you... may have noticed or may have heard, The Seminal has a new project that is going public this week. Along with fellow bloggers, journalists, and ... (more) Get Afghanistan Right!
Mumbai handlers in Pakistan cheer after ordering murders over phone
longwarjournal.org — The Pakistan-based handlers of the Mumbai terrorists ordered the murders of civilians over the phone and cheered... after hearing the gunfire, according to the dossier of evidence India provided to the Pakistani government. The documents, obtained by ... (more) Mumbai handlers in Pakistan cheer after ordering murders ...
Obama's Got One Thing Right About the Mess In Afghanistan-- It's Inexorably Connected To The Mess In Pakistan
Obama's Got One Thing Right About the Mess In Afghanistan-- It's Inexorably Connected To The ...
downwithtyranny.blogspot.com — Pretty, yes, but worth fighting a war over? In yesterday's NY Times Magazine chief Washington correspondent David... Sanger paints a horrifying picture of Obama's Worst Pakistan Nightmare ; it would be more accurate to emphasize that the nightmare ... (more) Obama's Got One Thing Right About the Mess In ...
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