We Don’t Need Another Hero

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Having briefly become infatuated with the idea of Wesley Clark in 2004, I will never need to be reminded about Ed's excellent point here again. While "anticipation/hype/disappointment" works, I'd describe the three stages of enthusiasm for the dark horse that will bail out out a dubious...

The Speech

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Teaching all day, and then watching Rangers/Mets getting right to my grading.   Apparently it was much better than expected? ...useful round-up of reactions. Text is here. ...this passage, which caused David Broder's grave to spin all the way to Wisconsin, was indeed the best part: The...

HA HA HA NOT FUNNY.

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Only, it is.  I feel like with all that's going on, I'm becoming a bit like a self-absorbed teacher providing comic relief, but whatever -- it's Spring Quarter, I'm exhausted.

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I have previously written about the value of General McChrystal's July 2009 Tactical Directive in Afghanistan with respect to civilian protection. But as I discovered last weekend at the workshop, I had missed this report from UNAMA last August that demonstrated civilian killings spiked January-June 2010...
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