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Some interesting holiday reading for me has been Twilight of the Neocons:
" ... the signs that the neocons are on the losing end of the battle have become fairly evident in recent weeks:
"The administration has welcomed Libya back into the community of "civilized" nations, on terms that can only help solidify Col. Ghadafi's dictatorial regime. The deal is about as textbook a case of realpolitik as you will find outside the archives of the Kissinger NSC.
"Jim Baker has returned to the diplomatic circuit, with the speculation being that his assignment is to liquidate not only Iraq's debt but also the neocon illusion of remaking the Middle East into the Community of Israel-Recognizing Nations.
"The rumor mill also has uber-neocon Paul Wolfowitz departing the Pentagon in February. Can Doug Feith -- the other half of the necon Laural & Hardy act, be far behind?
"Bush rolled out the red carpet -- with a 19-gun salute no less -- for Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao, then explicitly warned Taiwan not to ditch its allegiance to the increasingly fictional notion of "one China." So doing, he completely ignored the howls of protest from neocon punditry that he was selling Taiwanese democracy down the river.
"The public sniping at the administration by said punditry has become distinctly more direct, with both Newt Gringrich and Bill Kristol harshly criticizing the White House -- if not yet the president who lives and sometimes even works there ..."
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Also Judges: Pentagon cannot force military to take anthrax shots and Anthrax Vaccine Questioned: Defense Department’s Vaccine Untested for Long-Term Safety.
All this and more I found at a blog that's new to me: Sisyphus Shrugged. It not only has a playful and ironic name I wish I'd thought of, it's a lively and thought-provoking blog, or appears so on my first visit.
Some interesting holiday reading for me has been Twilight of the Neocons:
" ... the signs that the neocons are on the losing end of the battle have become fairly evident in recent weeks:
"The administration has welcomed Libya back into the community of "civilized" nations, on terms that can only help solidify Col. Ghadafi's dictatorial regime. The deal is about as textbook a case of realpolitik as you will find outside the archives of the Kissinger NSC.
"Jim Baker has returned to the diplomatic circuit, with the speculation being that his assignment is to liquidate not only Iraq's debt but also the neocon illusion of remaking the Middle East into the Community of Israel-Recognizing Nations.
"The rumor mill also has uber-neocon Paul Wolfowitz departing the Pentagon in February. Can Doug Feith -- the other half of the necon Laural & Hardy act, be far behind?
"Bush rolled out the red carpet -- with a 19-gun salute no less -- for Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao, then explicitly warned Taiwan not to ditch its allegiance to the increasingly fictional notion of "one China." So doing, he completely ignored the howls of protest from neocon punditry that he was selling Taiwanese democracy down the river.
"The public sniping at the administration by said punditry has become distinctly more direct, with both Newt Gringrich and Bill Kristol harshly criticizing the White House -- if not yet the president who lives and sometimes even works there ..."
Also Judges: Pentagon cannot force military to take anthrax shots and Anthrax Vaccine Questioned: Defense Department’s Vaccine Untested for Long-Term Safety.
All this and more I found at a blog that's new to me: Sisyphus Shrugged. It not only has a playful and ironic name I wish I'd thought of, it's a lively and thought-provoking blog, or appears so on my first visit.
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