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\u00a0(Dual hat tip SWJ Blog<\/a><\/strong> and BJ<\/strong> at Newshoggers.com<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\nBacevich Review: Raising Jihad<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0\u00a0Killcullen Rebuttal:\u00a0Accidental Guerrilla: Read Before Burning<\/a><\/p>\n I have not read Accidental Guerilla<\/em><\/strong> yet but it seems obvious that Andrew Bacevich\u00a0begins from a position longstanding and very strong, non-interventionist, anti-COIN, pro- “Big Army\/Near Peer Competitior” policy views. I suspect that may have influenced his take on Dave’s argument just a bit, thus leading to Dave to speculate that Bacevich may have not read the final book or read it in full. A possibility; about 80% of the books I review here are advance copies sent by publishers, authors or their agents.<\/p>\n Outside the Beltway<\/strong> ( Dave Schuler<\/a><\/strong>) – Negotiating With Iran<\/a><\/p>\n Dave’s reasoned and reasonable take on the Obama administration’s opening moves with Iran.<\/p>\n Coming Anarchy<\/strong> – Financial\u00a0Warfare<\/a>\u00a0and Idea: The Dictionary of Modern\u00a0Ideas<\/a><\/p>\n Liked both of these posts – phrase of the day – “argotic arms race”.<\/p>\n Two for One:\u00a0 Whirledview (CKR) –<\/strong> Diplomacy Is Not What Bush Did<\/a>\u00a0 and Duck of Minerva (Nexon) –<\/strong> Haven’t they Filled the Protocol Positions Yet?<\/a><\/p>\n This post by Cheryl is a lucid\u00a0counterpoint to my knock on Obama administration stumbles in foreign policy <\/a>while subsequent events have caused Dr. Dan to move in my direction on this score.<\/p>\n Threatswatch.org ( Elkus, Tanji)<\/strong> – Legacy Futures in Cyberspace<\/a>\u00a0and Brave Digital World<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n A cyberspecial.<\/p>\n Tom Barnett<\/strong> is on C-Span in a few hours<\/a>.<\/p>\n John Robb<\/strong> indulges his dark side<\/a>.<\/p>\n Open the Future<\/strong> – The End of Long-Term Thinking<\/a><\/p>\n A good example from Jamais<\/strong>\u00a0on how words frame analytical\u00a0thought.<\/p>\n NewsDaily<\/strong> – Who got AIG’s bailout billions?<\/a><\/p>\n Primarily the Brits, French and Germans it turns out – the same folks who were loudly blaming the crisis on\u00a0American capitalism\u00a0in public\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>had the weaker and more poorly managed financial systems, despite heavy state regulation,\u00a0and were taking enormous\u00a0handouts from U.S. taxpayers in private<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Scientific American<\/em><\/strong> – Building a Portrait of a Lie in the Brain <\/a><\/p>\n SEED<\/em><\/strong> – Adapting to a New Economy<\/a>\u00a0, A Hormone to Remember<\/a>\u00a0and Is MIT Obsolete?<\/a><\/p>\n WSJ<\/em><\/strong> – Philanthropy and Its Enemies\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(Hat tip to Instapundit<\/strong> <\/a>and Steve Schippert<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n A united Hard Left and multiculturalist Race Hustling <\/a>attempt at extortion and hijacking of private foundation endowments to advance political causes of the Left\u00a0through a blandly named front group that is led by\u00a0extremist antiglobalization\u00a0activists like Christine Ahn<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and “social justice” organizers\u00a0such as\u00a0Judy Hatcher<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Ironically, most of the major philanthropic foundations like Rockefeller, Ford and MacArthur\u00a0are pretty liberal in their orientation and grant giving but in the perspective of these folks, “liberal” is another name for\u00a0right-wing, capitalist,\u00a0crypto-patriarchy. People like this are why David Horowitz<\/strong> <\/a>never lacks for material.<\/p>\n RECOMMENDED VIEWING<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Evan Williams<\/strong> on Twitter’s user-driven evolution…..<\/p>\n