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Bush, Baker and Iraq: Why the Patient Can Not Be Saved
Discussing the report of his bipartisan Iraq Study Group with the Senate Armed Services Committee this week, former Secretary of State and Bush-pere fixer James Baker must have already sensed the inevitability that nothing will come of his efforts to … Continue reading
Posted in Situation Report
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And Bush May Ask Himself, How Do I Work This?
In lieu of scripture, the reading today comes from Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime”: And you may ask yourself What is that beautiful house? And you may ask yourself Where does that highway go? And you may ask yourself … Continue reading
Posted in Situation Report
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In Nuevo Jork, Jew Doesn’t Always Mean Jew
Long live Juan Epstein, sitcom land’s archetypal Jewish Latino! “Shut up! Shut up!” The petulant and rather camp fellow with the long hair (whose tone suggested to me that he may be an off-duty drag queen) and whose superior attitude … Continue reading
Posted in A Wondering Jew, New York Moments
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A New U.S. Option in Iraq: Panic!
Things really are coming apart so quickly in Iraq that some blogging appears to be in order. No sooner had we noted that Washington’s Arab allies are pushing it hard to remain engaged and protect the Sunnis then the Washington … Continue reading
Posted in Situation Report
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Saudis Threaten to Back the Baathists (Again) in a New Iraq Proxy War
Never mind the report of James Baker’s Iraq Study Group, whose primary purpose appears to be achieving national unity in Washington, and whose broad recommendations for a slow drawdown of American troops and a new focus on regional diplomacy may … Continue reading
Posted in Situation Report
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Combat Rations
Lunch with the French Special Forces Okay, at the prompting of Hungry Pat, another cuisine posting. Quick quiz Which army would you be in if your Meal Ready to Eat pack contained the following: Potted Meat of Mackerel Stewed Beef … Continue reading
Posted in Cuisine
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Marx, Fukuyama and the Planet
Getting a little hot around here, eh Friedrich? It gives me great pleasure to welcome guest columnist Gavin Evans to Rootless Cosmopolitan, with a thoughtful offering on global warming and what it says and does to our received notions of … Continue reading
Marx and Fukuyama Were Wrong: It’s the Environment, Stupid!
Getting a little hot around here, eh Friedrich? It gives me great pleasure to welcome guest columnist Gavin Evans to Rootless Cosmopolitan, with a thoughtful offering on global warming and what it says and does to our received notions of … Continue reading
Posted in Annals of Globalization
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Borat’s Not Funny
Most of the discussion about Borat and anti-Semitism misses the point. The ADL wonders if he’s not playing a dangerous game since “not everyone will get the joke.” But they may be missing the point: The prejudice that Borat is … Continue reading
Posted in A Wondering Jew
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From the Feverish Dolt Who Discovered ‘The Axis of Evil’
You gotta love the neocons for their persistence: David Frum, as a speechwriter for President Bush, came up with the term “Axis of Evil.” The idea that Iran and Iraq were somehow in alliance was laughable to anyone who knew … Continue reading
Posted in 99c Blogging
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