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31
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Written by JD Johannes
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Wednesday, 31 January 2007 |
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Presidential Candidate Barack Obama has declared, "The days of our open-ended commitment must come to a close" in offering legislation that sunsets America's involvement in Iraq by March 31, 2008.
But the Mohammedan Jihadist's timeline is the appearance of the Mahdi and cedeing to them their desperate ground is policy grounded in domestic politics rather than sound foreign policy.
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Jan
30
2007
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Written by JD Johannes
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Tuesday, 30 January 2007 |
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A reader asked what I did to physically prepare myself for a 3 month trip to Iraq.
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Jan
29
2007
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Written by JD Johannes
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Monday, 29 January 2007 |
The language of the of resolution pending in the U.S. Senate begs a simple question: If accomplishing the "main elements of the mission" are in the national interest, how can additional personnel to accomplish the mission not be in the national interest?
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Jan
24
2007
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Written by JD Johannes
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Wednesday, 24 January 2007 |
The roots of the current sectarian violence in Iraq are not primarily based on long held grievences between Sunni and Shia Muslims, but in a long developing strategy that is becoming Zarqawi's legacy to Iraq.
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Jan
23
2007
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Written by JD Johannes
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Tuesday, 23 January 2007 |
What if they refused?
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Jan
23
2007
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Written by JD Johannes
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Tuesday, 23 January 2007 |
In a RealClearPolitics column, Richard Halloran discusses America's lack of foreign policy saavy.
Halloran's points are valid, but he misses the most obvious explanation to our bi-polar foreign policy and general decline in diplomatic clout--factionalism.
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Jan
17
2007
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Written by JD Johannes
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Wednesday, 17 January 2007 |
The fashionable objection to the surge of 20,000 soldiers and Marines into Baghdad and Anbar is the the only true solution is a political one.
Senator Hillary Clinton jumped on board the political solution bandwagon today demanding that the Iraqis make "political compromises."
But those, like Senator Clinton, advocating a political solution have yet to discuss anything resembling the concessions to be negotiated, the demands of the various factions and key problem of how those who refuse a political solution will be dealt with.
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Jan
16
2007
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Written by JD Johannes
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Wednesday, 17 January 2007 |
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Mathematically, yes. But in reality, maybe not.
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