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Archive for the 'Foreign Affairs' Category

Ron Paul On The Crisis In Egypt

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, February 3rd, 2011. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Middle East, Politicos & Pundits, Ron Paul

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Ron Paul On Egypt: More Meddling Is Exactly The Wrong Thing To Do

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, January 31st, 2011. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Middle East, Politicos & Pundits, Ron Paul

Blogging Afghanistan At OTB

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, September 20th, 2010. Filed under Afghanistan, Blogging, Foreign Affairs, Outside The Beltway

I’ve got two Afghanistan-related posts up at OTB today, and neither one of them brings good news.
First, my comments on reports of a U.S. Army Platoon that appears to have gone on a mass murder spree targeted at innocent Afghans.
Second, it appears that, once again, an election in Afghanistan has been tainted by allegations [...]

Judge Napolitano On Wikileaks: The Government Needs To Be Exposed Because The Government Lies To You

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, August 8th, 2010. Filed under Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Individual Liberty, Politics

This is pretty much how I feel about the Wikileaks story:

Republicans Against The War In Afghanistan

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 30th, 2010. Filed under Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs

From last night’s Rick’s List:

Ron Paul On Michael Steele And Afghanistan

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, July 6th, 2010. Filed under Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Ron Paul is one of the few Republicans supporting Michael Steele’s statements on Afghanistan:

Nick Clegg: Restoring Freedom To Britain

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, July 1st, 2010. Filed under England, Foreign Affairs, Individual Liberty

Great Britain’s new Deputy Prime Minister announces an interesting initiative:

Now this is a European idea I wouldn’t mind seeing brought to America.
We’re working to create a more open and less intrusive society through our Programme for Government. We want to restore Britain’s traditions of freedom and fairness, and free our society of unnecessary laws and [...]

Ron Paul: End The War In Afghanistan

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, June 29th, 2010. Filed under Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Sounds good to me:

War Blogging

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, June 27th, 2010. Filed under Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs

A few Afghanistan-related items from my today over at OTB:
Americans Growing Weary Of Endless War
and
Endless War Causing Trouble At The Top ?
Also, to complete the trifecta, something from last week:
The Real News From The McChrystal Interview: The Troops Aren’t Happy

Stanley McChrystal Channels Douglas MacArthur, And Not In A Good Way

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010. Filed under Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Outside The Beltway, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

My take on what is likely to be the big news of today and tomorrow over at Outside The Beltway.
And, here is the Rolling Stone article which started it all:
The Runaway General

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