attackerman.firedoglake.com - 12/8/2008
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Noah Shachtman at Danger Room notices an ominous development. The Taliban appear to be relaxing their severest doctrinal demands in order to increase their cohesive capability among the Afghan insurgency. Noah remarks: If true, this would give a certain immediacy for any effort to fracture the ...
prospect.org - 12/2/2008
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prospect.org —
I've spent part of the day reading about
super senior tranches and synthetic bonds and all the...
rest, and on some level, I think we're making this too complicated. The other day, Robert Rubin was asked if he's made mistakes. "I honestly don't know," ...
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MISTAKES WERE MADE.
americablog.com - 12/2/2008
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americablog.com —
Your president opened up a bit to ABC
yesterday -- and kinda, sorta acknowledged mistakes in his...
administration. Actually, the whole administration was a mistake. But, his regret about "the tone in Washington" getting worse is almost funny. Bush and ...
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Bush: Mistakes, I've made a few, but I feel bad the ...
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Future Tense: Are Supply Lines Being Cut In Afghanistan?
Firedoglake —
... There are days when I miss Steve Gilliard calling military bullshit more than others. Today is one of those days. And this isn't exactly confidence inspiring...nor is this. Or this.
Hullabaloo —
... and is closing in on the capital, Kabul. Unlike Iraq, the militant groups here have a connection to the local tribal communities - they are not solely foreign fighters imposing their will - and they are determined not to make the same mistakes as Al Qaeda in Iraq, even loosening its doctrinaire extremism to accommodate the locals and multiple insurgent groups. The plan floated to "restart the surge" by enlisting tribal groups to fight the Taliban ...
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