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The Washington Post endorses the Bush Doctrine
Posted 11 weeks 1 day ago byI wouldn't believe it if I didn't read it with my own eyes. The anti-war editorial board of The Washington Post published an editorial today warning against relying on the kind of "over the horizon" strategy Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama advocate for fighting the war on Islamic terrorists.
Fight terrorism: Go see a punk rock show
Posted 12 weeks 7 hours ago byWe've got this featured on the redblue links, but it's still worth noting today's Washington Post op-ed arguing that Dallas -- yes, J.R. Ewing -- helped bring about the end of the Cold War:
Unleashing Guantanamo terrorists in Kansas?
Posted 13 weeks 6 days ago byAll three major presidential candidates have suggested they'll close down the Guantanamo Bay prison when they take office The L.A. Times this morning suggests a number of them could end up in my back yard -- at Fort Leavenworth -- but that legal complications could ensue:
Advice to a Democratic president: Don't prosecute Bush officials for war crimes
Posted 14 weeks 3 days ago byOne of the great scandals of the last eight years is how successful the Bush Administration has been at avoiding appropriate accountability and oversight. Whatever else one thinks of Don Rumsfeld, he at least (appropriately) offered to resign -- twice -- after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke. The president, of course, declined to accept, but such displays of honor and acceptance of responsibility have been rare during this presidency.

