I, for one, welcome our new naval overlords …

Laughed out loud when I saw this at Maxspeak.

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McCaffrey on Iraq: Miracle time

GEN Barry McCaffrey on Iraq. I’ll have more reaction later, but McCaffrey asserts that (1) Iraq is a disaster (2) however, things are perking up (3) but we only have 12 months at best before we’re out of here (4) by the way, we’re destroying the Army and Marine Corps.

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The terminal unseriousness of libertarianism

For the perfect example of why libertarianism is a fundamentally unserious philosophy of government, please check out this discussion thread on my favorite libertarian blog, Jim Henley’s Unqualified Offerings. Or is it just that it needs better defenders?

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The Butcher’s Bill

 
Two Iraq polls out. One done by UK-based Opinion Research Bureau, one by ABC/BBC News.
There’s a lot of interesting data here, but the biggest takeaway for me was the stunning level of personal violence experienced by the Iraqi people.
From the BBC/ABC News poll: “More than half of Iraqis surveyed said a friend or relative has been [...]

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Enough stupid Vietnam analogies

Lawrence Kaplan at TNR replays the old David Petraeus = Creighton Abrams tune here. It’s not as egregious as some others, but the idea that the United States snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Vietnam must be staked Buffy-style each and every time it rises from the grave.

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Chait crosses the line

Never thought that what would get me out of my posting doldrums would be a post defending Rudy Giuliani, but Jonathan Chait really crosses the line here.
The post shows Rudy Giuliani in a pose vaguely similar to a shot of Vito Corleone in The Godfather, and has the tagline “Who says Giuliani lacks family values?”
Beyond [...]

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