forbes.com - 11/21/2008
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"War is the health of the state," wrote Randolph Bourne, horrified by World War I and its excesses. And that phrase has been used by libertarians and opponents of state power ever since, as a reason why war is a bad idea. Certainly the experience of World War I--and, in America, the dramatic ...
zombietime.com - 11/17/2008
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zombietime.com —
Victory in Iraq Day November 22, 2008 We
won. The Iraq War is over. I declare November...
22, 2008 to be "Victory in Iraq Day." (Hereafter known as "VI Day.") By every measure, The United States and coalition forces have conclusively defeated all ...
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Victory in Iraq Day, November 22, 2008
change.gov - 11/19/2008
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change.gov —
The Obama-Biden Plan Barack Obama and Joe Biden
will responsibly end the war in Iraq so that...
we can renew our military strength, dedicate more resources to the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and invest in our economy at home. ...
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Iraq | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team
washingtonpost.com - 11/20/2008
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washingtonpost.com —
Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 17, 2008;
4:43 PM The U.S. military would require two to...
three years to remove its roughly 150,000 troops and equipment from Iraq safely, and the timing of that withdrawal should be based on security ...
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Mullen: U.S. Would Need More Than 2 Years for Iraq ...
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Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda —
... The Instapundit has a new column up at Forbes and, as you’d expect, it sucks.
“War is the health of the state,” wrote Randolph Bourne, horrified by World War I and its excesses. And that phrase has been used by libertarians and opponents of state power ever since, as a reason why war is a bad idea.
Certainly the experience of World War I–and, in America, the dramatic expansion of state government power under Woodrow Wilson, as documented in Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal ...
It’s FDR’s Fault
Comments from Left Field —
... Friday, November 21, Forbes.com: Glenn Reynolds argues that the New Deal “extended the Depression.” ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 11/21/2008 — Glenn Reynolds on why butter's a bigger threat than guns. An excerpt:
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mudvillegazette.com 11/21/2008 — Glenn Reynolds on that topic in Forbes .
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pajamasmedia.com 11/7/2008 — These chart from the Heritage Foundation illustrating the inexorable increase of government spending illustrates the terrible tension between tax rates and government “help”. Federal spending grew much faster than median income.
As ...
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attackerman.firedoglake.com 11/27/2008 — A Thanksgiving present from Baghdad: the Iraqi parliament has passed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) ending the war by 2011. Or, as AFP reports , possibly by May 2010 .
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wizbangblog.com 11/17/2008 — This message comes from Michael Yon who called Glen Reynolds to give him the news you probably haven't heard anywhere in the mainstream media: "THE WAR IS OVER AND WE...
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confederateyankee.mu.nu 11/25/2008 — The Iraq Wars are over, and we have won. Let me say that again. WE HAVE WON THE IRAQ WARS. And yes, I do mean to use the plural, as we have, along with our allies, won three intertwined...
Get ready to change the name to CryVAW...
mudvillegazette.com 11/21/2008 — As the panties begin inevitable twist : Reporting from Washington -- Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team will be dominated by appointees who favored the Iraq ...
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confederateyankee.mu.nu 11/14/2008 — Though he'd been on a mission all day and was about to drop, Mike Yon just called from Iraq to let me know that the war is over, and we've won. Whatever it is that is left of violence, there...
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mudvillegazette.com 12/1/2008 — Heh .
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