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Gaddafi: “Another One Bites the Dust”
No comments on Gaddafi: “Another One Bites the Dust”I still find it astonishing and inconsistent that Mr. Nobel Peace Prize entered a war of choice in Libya. But as VDH said, “the only thing worse than starting a stupid war is losing it,”…
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Hope Burns a Bit Brighter for a Positive Ending in Libya
Today is my birthday, and the entire Northeast seaboard is preparing for Hurricane Irene. So what’s on my mind on this Kirk-and-Irene-focused day? Libya, of course. Specifically, whether President Obama deserves any credit for what…
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Glenn Greenwald on Norway: It Must Be America’s Fault
Greenwald implicitly assumes that the attack is probably “jihadi” related. Why else go into detail about Norway’s participation in the wars in Afghanistan and Libya? He’s less interested in giving Islamists the benefit of the…
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Why Libya But Not Syria? For That Matter, Why Iraq But Not Libya?
How do we justify allowing Assad to kill his own people after taking up arms against Gadhafi for doing the same thing? Syria — with its ties to Iran, its support for Hamas and Hezbollah,…
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Libya vs. Iraq: Geopolitical Insight in a Robotic Monotone
He: “So Obama is killing civilians in a pre-emptive, unfunded war for oil, promoted by the dictators of the Arab League along with the UN, in support of some unidentified rebels who he’s never met…
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Astonishment at Obama’s War-Making Overwhelms Consideration of the Merits of It
It was nearly three years ago that Senator Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination, in part on the strength of having the purest “surrender-at-any-cost” position on Iraq. Who then could have predicted the following headline:…
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Libya, Where the French Lead the Way
It’s like I’ve emerged from a coma into a parallel universe, where the United Nations takes a leadership role in a crisis, and the French — the French! — back up their stern words with…
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No Easy Choices in Libya
I’m sympathetic to the idea of a no-fly zone in Libya. But while Obama has escalated in Afghanistan and declined to follow through on his campaign promise to surrender in Iraq, it’s hard to imagine…