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• MYTHS OF NATIONAL SECURITY

  
  The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues — Authority: 148
  I recall in September, 1951 being in Ft.Dix when a major brought us together to offer his views on national security. The gist of his talk was that Communists in China and North Korea were going to cross the Pacific Ocean and descend on our girl friends, sisters and mothers in an orgy of rape. I composed this ditty a ...
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• Is One Surge Like All Other Surges?

  
  The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues — Authority: 148
  Ever since former President George Bush got around to doing what he was advised to do in March, 2003 by the Chief of Staff of the American Army, the American people have been innundated with the expression, “surge.” The idea of having sufficient ground forces in order to accomplish the goal of peace appears to be ...
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• Phyllis Bennis – President Obamas Afghanistan Election Speech

  
  Palestine Think Tank — Authority: 501
  There was one way in which President Obama’s escalation speech brought significant relief to the 59% of people in this country, as well as the overwhelming majorities of people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Middle East and elsewhere who oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan: It was a pretty lousy speech. That is, it ...
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• A Hail Mary Strategy in Pakistan: The Gut Reaction to Obama’s Speech (Part 2)

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 570
  On Wednesday in Holland, I was set a challenge by a member of the audience: could I summarise, in 30 seconds, the Pakistan side of President Obama’s Tuesday speech setting out US intervention in that country as well as Afghanistan? Here goes…. In American football, there is a desperation play called the Hail ...
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• Americas IED Nightmare

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 739
  Its a problem that was supposed to be solved bynow. But these deadly little devices are only growing more lethal as the costsof combating them mounts.
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• Haaretz says U.S. officials face pro-Israel background check

  
  Stephen M. Walt — Authority: 639
  There is an amazing story in Haaretz today on the "pro-Israel" litmus test that determines who ispermitted to serve in the United States government. Heres the sort of lede youre not likely to read in the New York Times or Washington Post : Every appointee to the American government must endure a thorough ...
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• Tomasky talk: Winning and losing in the game of attack politics

  
  Comment is free: Michael Tomasky's blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 110
  Michael Tomasky takes a look at the fickle game of attack politics Michael Tomasky
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• Iran: Threats of More Crackdowns

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  Tehran Bureau reports that Tehran’s Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari-Dolatabad i warned the  government will crack down  on any illegal gatherings on December 7, National Student Day, a threat echoed by the Iranian Police Command. The opposition plans to use National Student Day to protest in the streets. While ...
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• Richard Holbrooke denies attempt to bypass Karzai

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Obama envoy in Afghanistan derides as bullshit a Guardian report that he wants install a high representative in Kabul President Obamas special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke has denied a Guardian report that he is pushing for the establishment of a new post of "high representative" in Kabul, ...
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• US welcomes Europes offer of 7,000 extra troops to join Afghan surge

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • No commitment from France or Germany • Number expected to rise over next few weeks Washingtons allies in Europe have announced a new phase in the faltering campaign to regain the upper hand in Afghanistan, responding to Barack Obamas troop surge by promising at least 7,000 further forces. However, despite ...
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• MCC: Who Will Qualify?

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  The Center for Global Development recently rolled out its annual MCC selection paper  detailing their predictions for which countries the Millennium Challenge Corporation will provide funding.  The report also addresses “MCC’s new approach to countries graduating from LIC (low income countries) to LMIC (lower ...
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• Michael Mann on the Incoherent Empire

  
  P U L S E — Authority: 548
  I am reading Michael Mann’s The Sources of Social Power at the moment, and I find many of his ideas, and his sociological approach to world history most stimulating. I think his IEMP Model — society as a series of overlapping and intersecting power networks with a focus on the logistics of Ideological, Economic, ...
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• Afghanistan: NATO Promises 7,000 Troops

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  As General McChrystal assured the Afghan cabinet the U.S. was not  abandoning  its mission,  Secretary Clinton, in an op ed for The Telegraph,  called on all nations to  help with the mission  in Afghanistan. Ultimately, she asserts: ”we recognise that only the Afghan people can decide what kind of ...
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• Crooks and Liars Disgusting Moral Equivalence

  
  American Power — Authority: 712
  William Jacobson wrote the post I thought of writing (that I should have written), and he does it better in any case, " Comparing Obama To Brezhnev ." Its a response to Crooks and Liars disgusting moral equivalence on President Obamas Afghan surge, " And Thirty Years Ago This Month Somebody Else Had A Great ...
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• Give peace talks a chance

  
  The AfPak Channel — Authority: 601
  By Mehlaqa Samdani President Obamas troopsurge is designed to "strengthen the capacity of Afghanistanssecurity forces and government so that they can take lead responsibility for Afghanistansfuture". It is estimated that one-third of the 30,000 additional troops will bedevoted to the training of Afghan police and ...
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• A challenge for COINhata Gentile

  
  The Best Defense — Authority: 652
  Retired Col.Jack J. McCuen , who has been there and done that, and is author of theclassic text The Art of Counter-Revolutionary War, critiquesCol. Gian Gentiles recent challenge in Parameters to the COIN crowd. I find this pretty powerful. Forexample, Gentile disputes the COIN account of what happened in ...
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• Is Obama Dream A Living Nightmare?

  
  The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues — Authority: 148
  There is no doubt President Barack Obama is an eloquent speaker and can inspire milions with visions of a new beginning. Unfortunately, his eloquence just does not resonate with the people of Afghanistan who, in the long run, have to be committed to fighting a war against the Talian. Robert Burns, writing in the Army ...
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• Nato group pledges 7,000 Afghan troops

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Alliance agrees new deployment as Clinton flies to Brussels to bolster US surge of 30,000 troops More than two dozen Nato nations have pledged an extra 7,000 troops for Afghanistan, the alliances secretary general said following talks with the visiting US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton. "With the right ...
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• The American public is pretty realist. The American public is also pretty dumb.

  
  Daniel W. Drezner — Authority: 617
  So, Pew has a new survey of elite and mass attitudes about foreign policy , and its chock-full of interesting results.  Turns out Americans sound pretty realist right now: In the midst of two wars abroad and a sour economy at home, there has been a sharp rise in isolationist sentiment among the public. ...
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• Is there a new Pakistan policy or not?

  
  The Cable — Authority: 671
  In his landmark strategy speech Tuesday, President Obamastressed the importance of Pakistan to the success of the fight againstterrorism and extremism in South Asia, but he didnt offer many details. Onereason could be that there are no new concrete deliverables or changes inapproach related to Pakistan to announce, ...
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