Rebirth of a Nation Something that looks an awful lot like democracy is beginning to take hold in Iraq. It may not be ‘mission accomplished’—but it’s a start. By Babak Dehghanpisheh, John Barry and Christopher Dickey | NEWSWEEK Published Feb 26, 2010 From the magazine issue dated Mar 8, 2010 “Iraqi democracy will succeed,” President George […]
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The Shah of Iran wasn’t supposed to fall in the late 1970’s and Iraq’s WMD were supposed to be a ‘slam dunk’. How did our intelligence community get it so wrong? FEBRUARY 25, 2010 The Slippery Nature of Secrets – ‘Why Intelligence Fails’ A Book Review By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD When we hear the sound
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Gendercide – Because of China’s one child policy, Chinese boys now outnumber Chinese girls by millions and the impact of the lopsided sex imbalance is starting to spill beyond Chinese borders. Cheryl Wetzstein When Chinese officials created the country’s one-child-per-couple policy in 1978, they intended to contain the country’s burgeoning population for the sake of
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Thanks to Laura and Richard Cheston for sharing this information CBS News has a poll on their web site. Since this is not Fox News it cannot be biased……. http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/19/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6116297.shtml?tag=
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Getting to Know You The U.S. military maps the human terrain of Afghanistan. BY Claudia Anderson In early 2003, a single American diplomat and more than 5,000 American troops were stationed in Kandahar, the second city of Afghanistan and the heart of former Taliban country. The troops mostly stayed on their base, penned off near
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With Iran and Venezuela in political, economic and military cahoots, Tehran has gained a foothold in South American. Now Nicaragua is at risk of being added to the list of authoritarian governments aligned with Venezuela and by association, its Islamic ally. WSJ.com – Opinion: The Ortega-Chavez Axis*
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The contest for leadership in the Muslim world. BY Hillel Fradkin and Lewis Libby February 22, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 22 For nearly a century, the West has seen the Muslim world primarily through the prism of the Arab states that stretch from North Africa to the Persian Gulf. Born of decaying empires, these states
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The Strange Case of Mullah Baradar – Dana M. Perino and Bill Burck – The Corner on National Review Online http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmRjYmMyNGMwMGUyOWQwMTAyODBkMzZlYjgzOWMxMmY== Thanks to Marilyn Flanary for sharing this article
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Please read and see the video below. I was at UC Irvine on Monday evening and have no words to explain just how scary and saddening the situation was. It took close to an hour before the mob left the room. We need as many people to watch this video as possible. We have over
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FEBRUARY 13, 2010 The Greek Tragedy That Changed Europe Greece’s dysfunctional economy is now at the heart of a rescue effort that could be disastrous for the entire continent—and the rest of the world. By SIMON JOHNSON and PETER BOONE Associated PressGreek firefighters protest government spending cuts on Jan. 29. Plutus, the Greek god of
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