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We’re-so-smart diplomacy failed
John Bolton on May 20: “The scientific and military imperatives for a second test have been strong for over two years, and the potential data, experience and other advantages of further testing would be tremendous.” Intelligence official today: “They didn’t give us any ...
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Somewhere In America, A Right Winger Needs A Diaper Change
Oliver Willis — In reaction to North Korea apparently making a nuclear test, conservatives are reacting like they always do: like scared babies. The fact that Kim Jong Il is as provocative as he always is seems, for them, to prove some point. Good luck deciphering what that actually is. Is the point that we should engage in diplomacy? Well, they’re citing known nut (he’d like to destroy the UN) John Bolton as a source of wisdom, but what he did during his disastrous tenure at the UN was to… not talk directly to North Korea and antagonize them ...

Is Obama Another Jimmy Carter?
Jules Crittenden — ... . Here’s Surber , hurtfully, on the greatest convergence of brilliant smartness since the Kennedy administration, and what a failure it is. I dunno, Carter was smaht. Wicked smaht. Topics: ...

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