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Category Archives: Obama’s foreign policy
Moving a Mountain Out of Iraq
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Share the post “Moving a Mountain Out of Iraq”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFrom Stars & Stripes, video of a soldier tasked with the US Army’s orderly logistical withdrawal from Iraq. Probably half of the much-ballyhooed Persian Gulf buildup upon leaving Iraq will actually be … Continue reading
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Obama Beats All Republicans On National Security
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Share the post “Obama Beats All Republicans On National Security”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The mission in Iraq is to get everyone and everything out by New Year’s Day. The mission in Libya has been to stay out, while the mission in Afghanistan is … Continue reading
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Applied Force In Libya
Share the post “Applied Force In Libya”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail War is a blunt instrument, be your weapons ever so precise. Firepower has a limited utility inversely proportional to its explosive potential. Nevertheless, my response to those who say that ‘war is a … Continue reading
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Barack Bush Bashing
Share the post “Barack Bush Bashing”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe president proves he is just like Bush by repudiating the Bush doctrine. I’m sure there’s a firebagger who can explain to me how that works. The president has a habit of making major policy … Continue reading
Nuclear Options
Share the post “Nuclear Options”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Obama’s nuclear doctrine is the opposite of Bush’s, and was formulated in exactly the opposite way: The strategy to be released on Tuesday is months late, partly because Mr. Obama had to adjudicate among advisers … Continue reading
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Moshtarak = Cooperation
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Share the post “Moshtarak = Cooperation”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The Huffington Post sees the Baradar capture as a confusing story about war fog: 10:39 AM ET — The fog of war in Pakistan. Joshua Foust at Registan.com masterfully highlights the confusion over a) … Continue reading
Talking With Arabs
Share the post “Talking With Arabs”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe Secretary of State spoke to Al Jazeera — because Obama is totally just like Bush, right? It’s a move that’s taken too long to happen. Clinton apparently talked about Iran, saying that a military … Continue reading
Arms Control: “Breakthrough in Months”
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Share the post “Arms Control: “Breakthrough in Months””FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAnother one for the “just like Bush” folder! From the AFP: WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia have reached an “agreement in principle” to slash their nuclear weapons stockpiles, the first such … Continue reading
