To follow up on Scott, it's fair to say that I find Jonathan Bernstein's arguments regarding Bush's lack of influence over Iraq war planning unconvincing: In fact, in the case of Iraq it seems to be the case that the uniformed personnel disagreed with the...
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"Mad" Matt Duss has exactly the kind of Nation article that I most enjoy; one that quotes me at length: Given Liz's status as a conservative scion, it's fitting that.
Matt Duss shoots, guts, dries, and renders into tasty beef jerky the Chalabi-supporting wing of the neoconservative movement:Even after the invasion, after it became clear that there were no WMD.
David Frum compares the conventional and Team B views of Soviet military spending and arms control.The conventional view:The Soviets could increase their arms spending, therefore arms control was worthwhile.The Team B view:Because the Soviets were spending so much, they probably could not spend more. This...
Michael Ledeen has a curious way of approaching the social form "accusation":You're going to be accused of meddling anyway, since out there in the real world you are believed to.
Mahmound Ahmadinejad is a billion times worse than Hitler, unless he loses the election, in which case he was always irrelevant.... each major candidate seem to believe that he won.
Part 18 in our twenty part series on George Herring's From Colony to Superpower brings us to 1974, and Gerald Ford's unlikely ascension to the office of the Presidency. The chapter ends with the election of Ronald Reagan. In between, Herring expresses unlikely sympathy for...
Walt on the Foreign Policy Initiative:The new group's modus operandi is likely to be similar to the old Project for a New American Century: bombard Washington with press releases and.
When I say that Jamie Kirchik is too stupid to breathe, it shouldn't be read as a suggestion that he be smothered; rather, it should be understood as an expression.
I have a piece at Guardian: Comment is Free on the International Security Advisory Board report on China. Long story short, it's Team B revisited.
What Sully said. This bears particular emphasis:The Palin nightmare also happened because a tiny faction of political professionals has far too much sway in the GOP and conservative circles. This.
Marine Corps barracks bombing 25 years ago today. 241 dead, almost all USMC. 58 French paratroopers died the same way, on the same day.I don't ascribe to the bombing the.