• Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’

    Props when due

    by  • March 14, 2011 • politics & money

    As Atrios does, I agree with Ross: Iraq Then, Libya Now. I would also like to add: just because a guy is an awful, miserable dictator and  really disliked by our country and our allies (Gaddifi is all of those) doesn’t mean that it’s a good idea for us to throw our country’s resources behind an [...]

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    War is the biggest budget item

    by  • March 8, 2011 • politics & money

    Apparently, the cascade of uprising in the Middle East was completely unexpected by our intelligence apparatus. I wonder where all the resources went? Oh …right: Mr. BAER: Well, let me put it this way, Egyptian Arabic is peculiar, a peculiar accent, and it’s difficult to learn especially, you know, the familiar Arabic. And it would take [...]

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