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corner.nationalreview.com - 10/19/2009
Maher's Strawman -- By: Jonah Goldberg
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In case you didn't know, I'm unilaterally declaring this cranky Monday. But that's not important right now. I'm often asked if I have any regrets about my book. I've got a few, but usually not the ones people have in mind. Perhaps my biggest regret is that I agreed to appear on Bill Maher's ...
CNN Poll: Will Afghanistan turn into another Vietnam?
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/19/2009
CNN Poll: Will Afghanistan turn into another Vietnam?
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) - A slight majority of Americans think that the war in Afghanistan is turning into... another Vietnam, according to a new national poll which also indicates that nearly six in 10 oppose sending more U.S. troops to the conflict.  ... (more) CNN Poll: Will Afghanistan turn into another Vietnam?

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mudvillegazette.com - 10/19/2009
The wicked game (part one)
— mudvillegazette.com — A few more cards on the table - as evident from this Times (London) account (headline: "White... House seeks to explain its hesitations on Afghanistan") the Obama administration has come as close as it likely ever will to acknowledging the story behind the story of the Afghan troop numbers. ... (more) The wicked game (part one)

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U.S. Moves to Overhaul Jails That Breed Insurgents in Afghanistan
nytimes.com - 10/19/2009
U.S. Moves to Overhaul Jails That Breed Insurgents in Afghanistan
— nytimes.com — WASHINGTON — To combat Al Qaeda ’s growing influence and presence in Afghanistan ’s prisons, the Pentagon... is creating a military task force to oversee a planned overhaul of the troubled detention operations there. The Defense Department on Wednesday ... (more) U.S. Moves to Overhaul Jails That Breed Insurgents in ...

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Cold Fury:  Marring the Moment

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Marring the Moment
Cold Fury — THE BAD HUMOR MAN Jonah Goldberg :“…I think Maher is a bully. I also think he’s got the values of a Belgian pimp. He’s a libertine socialist who calls himself a libertarian. I’ll take prudish capitalists over libertine socialists every time. Oh, and worst of all: He’s not all that funny.…He and his guests were talking about Afghanistan and Maher said something like (I’m quoting from rough notes), “The idea — and it’s really just an idea — that 9/11 came from Afghanistan . . . if we only cleaned that up everything would be fine, it’s ridiculous. . . . I’m sure if there was a ...

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