Dan Nexon has a good post about the frenzy of dealmaking that the Bush administration is pursuing in an effort to "lock in" policy preferences before the transition to a new administration. Unfortunately, the rest of the world is aware that the United States holds...
Iraq
It's difficult for me to express just how moronic this column is:THIS MAY sound like an extreme conclusion but, as Ari Bar Yossef, retired lieutenant-colonel and administrator of the Knesset's.
Diavlogged with Michael Goldfarb yesterday, but gremlins got into the process somewhere, and only about twelve minutes survived. Here's a bit from the remnant:
Everyone in the Middle East, apparently, but particularly the Saudis:The administration has long tried in vain to build Arab diplomatic and economic support for the Iraqi government. But the Arabs, led by Saudi Arabia, consider Shiite Iran a competitor for regional dominance and have rejected...
Really, was it wise to publish Matt Duss so soon after the Scott Templeton fiasco? Makes me wonder if there's even a place called "Iraq"; seriously, does anyone believe that.
It's sad and pathetic, in a truly hilarious kind of way, to watch as Stephen Hayes flails ineffectually at the notion that there was no direct connection between Saddam Hussein.
And when did the Weekly Standard start hiring twelve year olds?
SecDef Gates:"I worry that for many Europeans the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan are confused," Mr. Gates said as he flew here to deliver an address at an international security.
Another day, another bad headline, this one from the UK Guardian (and repeated in many other papers). On the unspeakably horrible bombing in Baghdad today:"Female Suicide Bombers kill 72 people.
While we're on the topic of Slate contrarians, here's Mickey reacting to the Korb/Katulis/Podesta op-ed:When you write a sentence like:the progress being made at the local level often undermines the stated goal of creating a unified, stable, democratic Iraqyou have to come up with, you...
Via Drum, John McCain:"I don't know Mr. Kerik. I do know that I went to Baghdad shortly after the initial victory and met in Baghdad with (Ambassador Paul) Bremer and.
Bird Dog over at Tacitus channels Charles Krauthammer: For me, it's hard to disagree with Krauthammer and this bleak situation. We need an aggressive policy of regime change for Iran, we.