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Debates about the meaning of "terrorism" often feature
some odd assumptions, including: (1) Killing 500 civilians while
making some attempt to avoid killing them is less morally problematic than killing five civilians while attempting to kill many ...
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At Last! Something Resembling A Russia Policy!
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... There were reasons why I was happy to see that Robert Gates would continue on as Defense Secretary in the incoming Obama Administration. This article touches on one of them: ...
At Last! Something Resembling A Russia Policy!
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
There were reasons why I was happy to see that Robert Gates would continue on as Defense Secretary in the incoming Obama Administration. This article touches on one of them: A longtime Russia analyst during his years with the CIA, Gates today sees Moscow as less of a threat than do many inside and outside the U.S. military establishment. On PBS's "Charlie Rose Show" Dec. 17, he spoke of the historical insecurity of Russian leaders, recalling how Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev was embarrassed in Geneva in 1955 that President Dwight D. Eisenhower's plane was bigger than his. ...
The More Things Change...
Antiwar.com Original —
... from what the Bush administration has actually been doing for the last couple of years. To be sure, there are signs that suggest substantive change. Walter Pincus of the ...
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