Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Chicken Soup For The Chicken Hawk

These guys put the chicken in chicken hawk. Enjoy your journey into the healing powers of delusional thinking. Here’s a small sampling from the very tasty chicken hawk menu: Daniel Pipes Claim to fame: Founder of the Middle East Forum … Continue reading

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Those Ungrateful Iraqis

Daniel Pipes gave an interview yesterday to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review entitled "Pipes calls war a success". In it Pipes calls Iraq a success: Q: How will we know when the occupation or the invasion of Iraq was a success or … Continue reading

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Disintegration in Iraq – A Call For Withdrawal

The New York Times is reporting today that Shia and Sunni Iraqis have begun to flee from mixed Shia-Sunni areas. This migration comes on the heels of increased sectarian strife, death squad activity; and bombings targeting political figures, businesses, ordinary … Continue reading

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More On The Blame Game

Dan Froomkin has more on the new Blame Game in today’s White House Briefing.

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The Blame Game

When my five-year old daughter accidentally does something wrong she is in the habit of saying, "Look what you made me do!." In response, I try to explain to her the concept of personal responsibility, of free will, of taking … Continue reading

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