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Saturday, November 28, 2009

The Power of Diversity (2001)

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PREFACE: I wrote this column for my school paper less than 2 months after the attacks of 9/11. The Power of Diversity by [Eric LC] Nove...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Comments on Obama inaugural address

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A post by Professor Nacos on her blog last month, Lebanon Election Outcome and Obama’s Public Diplomacy , reminded me of my responses to Pro...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Gripe: "expedience sake"

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For a while, I've been peeved about something President Obama said in his inaugural address : As for our common defense, we reject as fa...
Sunday, January 4, 2009

Comment on Israel-Hamas war

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I left this comment on Professor Nacos' blog in response to Israeli-Palestinian Clash: Who is Winning the PR War? : One of my favorite q...
Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Glimpse inside President Bush's decision on the "Surge" or the real "3 am call"

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To set the stage, first see 06OCT05 President Discusses War on Terror at National Endowment for Democracy and the 12JUL07 Press Conference ...
Sunday, June 29, 2008

David Petraeus . . . my man

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The always excellent Small Wars Journal posted a Times Online article, General David H Petraeus: The general's knowledge ( archived ),...
Sunday, March 16, 2008

President John. F. Kennedy – Remarks at West Point to the Graduating Class of the U.S. Military Academy, 6 June 1962

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Listen to President Kennedy explain the Iraq intervention to West Point graduates in 1962 . It's captivating, a must-listen. The trans...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Snapshot of early challenges with and our hope for Iraq

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In the excellent Belmont Club, an anti-war commenter referred to a wonderfully instructive snapshot from the Washington Post of the early c...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Again with realists and Iraq

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I chimed in on a neoneocon post about Barack Obama. Regarding the Iraq mission, Obama strikes me as a more-palateable redux of John Kerry i...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

GEN David Petraeus' year-end letter to the troops

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GEN Petraeus' letter is copied from the excellent Small Wars Journal . HEADQUARTERS MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE – IRAQ BAGHDAD, IRAQ APO A...