andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 2/11/2009
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Christian Brose, former chief speechwriter and policy advisor to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, joins other voices on the neoconservative right : What I heard again and again is that we may have to settle for a
counterterrorism-focused mission, but that should be an unfortunate
option of ...
smallwarsjournal.com - 2/10/2009
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smallwarsjournal.com —
(This is an edited version of my statement
before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan,...
chaired by Senator John F. Kerry, on 5th February 2009). Senator Joseph Lieberman made a timely and well-argued call, during his recent ...
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Crunch Time in Afghanistan-Pakistan
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 2/6/2009
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
I've given up counting, but I should note
that none of her defenders on the right have...
really dealt with the documented fact of her repeated self-refutations and delusional assertions of facts that are not in dispute. Her unstable grip on reality, ...
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The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin, Ctd
michaelyon-online.com - 2/10/2009
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michaelyon-online.com —
10 February 2009 While we prepare to shunt
perhaps 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan (which still will...
not be enough), Russia continues to play the Asian chessboard. The Russians are picking off pawn after pawn, and steadily eroding our foreign ...
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How Much is Afghanistan Really Worth to Us?
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