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INTELLECTUALLY BANKRUPT AND ENAMORED WITH SURRENDER AND RETREAT – THE DEMOCRATIC VISION OF FOREIGN POLICY

This crew is just unbelievable. They just want to make assertions – a few of them plainly idiotic – and hope the rest of the world goes away in the meantime. Understandably they have criticisms of George Bush and Iraq – that’s their job right now – but shouldn’t they be offering at least something that would form the rough outlines of a comprehensive strategy to deal with Terror and Rogue states ? Isn’t that at least slightly important?

Bill Clinton, in 1992, with his total disinterest in the subject, was far more coherent and realistic on foreign affairs than this bunch.

Addendum: Speaking of Iraq critics, the CIA, led by Clinton era appointee and FOB, George Tenet, just blasted the Senate report on prewar intelligence.

WILL THEY OR WON’T THEY ?

The internal political struggle over Iran’s nuclear program between hardline fanatics in the Rafsanjani-Khameini-Pasdaran clique and- well…everyone else in Iran continues. Plus a skeptical analysis from the International Herald Tribune ( links via Iranexpert.com)

WHO IS HOJESTOLESLAM ROWHANI ?

And did he broker an honest nuclear deal between Iran the IAEA ? UN diplomats are taking a hard line on the missing nuclear information:

“One diplomat said information on the origin of the centrifuges was “critical” for the agency to test Iran’s claims, and that if it wasn’t part of the file given to ElBaradei, “I don’t think it bodes well,” for Iran at the Nov. 20 board meeting. “

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CHECK OUT SEBASTIAN AND MITHRAS

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BLOGFRIENDS

Now that things have stabilized at work I’ve been fairly active in the last few days visiting other sites and exchanging views on various foreign policy topics, particularly with P6 and Geitner Simmons, two versatile minds who have introduced me to many perspectives and issues I might not otherwise have profited from. This is is one of the greatest things about the rise of blogging – the emergence of the intelligent public in national policy conversations formerly dominated by the elites of government and the media.

Geitner, BTW, gave me a nice nod today over at ROM, something I always appreciate !