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September 25, 2008 - 25 Sep 2008
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WSJ Op-Ed builds on the Woodward book to point to the generals who led us astray in Iraq.
… According to Mr. Woodward’s account, the uniformed military not only opposed the surge, insisting that their advice be followed; it then subsequently worked to undermine the president once he [...]
Read Full Post »September 25, 2008 - 24 Sep 2008
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There’s a good picture here of Pickerhead on the job. It’s at the start of the humor section in back.
Max Boot says don’t sell America short.
… What the pessimists ignore is that the fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong. Indeed, the World Economic Forum has ranked [...]
Read Full Post »September 23, 2008 - 23 Sep 2008
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Chicago Tribune editors introduce us to Tzipi Livni. She’s about to become a prime minister. No, not Finland. Israel.
Iran is rushing ahead with its nuclear program, overcoming technical challenges and daring the world to stop it. The terrorists of Hamas are tightening their grip on Gaza and eyeing [...]
Read Full Post »September 22, 2008 - 22 Sep 2008
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Robert Samuelson on Paulson’s “confidence” game.
It’s doubtful that Princeton University economist Ben Bernanke and former Goldman Sachs CEO Hank Paulson imagined what awaited them when they took charge of the Fed and the Treasury, respectively, in 2006. Since then, they have put their agencies on a wartime [...]
Read Full Post »September 21, 2008 - 21 Sep 2008
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Charles Krauthammer writes on Bush and the historical perspective to come.
For the past 150 years, most American war presidents — most notably Lincoln, Wilson and Roosevelt — have entered (or reentered) office knowing war was looming. Not so George W. Bush. Not so the war on terror. [...]
Read Full Post »September 18, 2008 - 18 Sep 2008
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Abe Greenwald looks at a cast of international characters and wonders if Obama is up to dealing with them.
… But what common purpose can we find with the above-mentioned leaders. While there are natural resource dimensions to some of our problems, the heads of Russia, Iran, North [...]
Read Full Post »September 17, 2008 - 17 Sep 2008
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David Warren comments on Wall Street’s problems.
… Lehman Brothers went down over the weekend; A.I.G. is falling as I write. Their assets get dumped, the value of other companies’ similar assets is reduced accordingly, and this in turn erodes the capital base under the entire banking system. [...]
Read Full Post »September 16, 2008 - 16 Sep 2008
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Spengler has a look at the US financial crisis.
Lehman Brothers survived the American Civil War, two world wars and the Great Depression, but today, Monday, the firm that set the standard in fixed income markets will be liquidated. Potential losses are so toxic that none of the [...]
Read Full Post »September 15, 2008 - 15 Sep 2008
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WSJ Editors take an important lesson form Woodward’s new book.
… The success of the surge in pacifying Iraq has been so swift and decisive that it’s easy to forget how difficult it was to find the right general, choose the right strategy, and muster the political will [...]
Read Full Post »September 14, 2008 - 14 Sep 2008
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Amir Taheri writes on the conflicting lessons of 9/11.
… McCain believes that America is at war; Obama doesn’t. McCain believes the United States can win on the battlefield; Obama doesn’t.
For Obama, the problem is one of effective law enforcement. His model is the way Clinton handled the [...]
