soccerdad.baltiblogs.com - 12/8/2008
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I'm not going to pretend that a recent positive IDF assessment of the Palestinian Authority security forces didn't happen. Maybe something's changed, but this is in stark contrast to past experience. I'd like to see something sustained before declaring success. David Ignatius - writing in Gen. ...
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 12/1/2008
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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org —
General James L. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.),
whom President-elect Barack Obama today selected to be his...
national security adviser , currently runs a U.S. Chamber of Commerce energy policy front group. Jones is president and chief executive ...
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Jim Jones’ Chamber Of Commerce Organization Promotes ...
suntimes.com - 12/8/2008
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suntimes.com —
For the first time, outgoing Illinois Senate President
Emil Jones is saying he would like President-elect Barack...
Obama's U.S. Senate seat. "Yes, I am interested,'' Jones said on WBBM-AM's "At Issue," which aired Sunday. Obama's replacement should be ...
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Jones joins bidding for Obama Senate seat :: CHICAGO ...
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Jonesing for Jones
Yourish.com —
... the tunnel angle, he totally ignores the question of the munitions, which doesn’t bode well for future cooperating between the Palestinian security forces and Israel.
The point of Ignatius’s column is that Gen. Jones is a top notch diplomat who can be expected to bring together the likely contentious members of President-elect Obama’s security cabinet. But seeing Jones’s flawless record is a result of not looking all that closely.
Crossposted on Soccer Dad.
Eye on the Watcher’s Council
The Glittering Eye —
... of the events for which we don’t even have official statements from the Indian government, primarily leaks. I also don’t see how you can take away from that the conclusions he draws. For example, how do you conclude from the stated fact that the Mumbai attack was perpetrated by Pakistani terrorists that India is being challenged by its domestic Muslims? I do think there is a problem but I don’t think it’s quite what he believes it is.
Soccer Dad, “Jonesing for jones”
Soccer Dad takes a look at the record of Gen. James ...
Brother David Ignatius explained it all for you
Yourish.com —
... My guess is that Thomas Fingar was a very good source for David Ignatius when the latter needed material to blast the Bush administration. But Fingar told Ignatius exactly what he wanted to hear. Happy that his pre-conceived notions were “confirmed,” Ignatius didn’t think too hard and once again seen only what he wanted to see. ...
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