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A Hundred Years of War
Are we really supposed to get excited and rejoice in the targeted assassination of enemy leaders? President Obama might end up making things worse for the opposite reasons Liz and Dick Cheney tell us. He’s so unsure of himself in military matters he’s leaving the big decisions to shortsighted generals.
Drone attacks are terrorism too. Killing… »
President Kennedy’s “How To” Manual
President Barack Obama appears to want all of his decisions to be 100 percent politically safe. The trouble is there are few meaningful decisions a president can make, especially on matters vital to the country, that are 100 percent politically safe. Take, for instance, how President John F. Kennedy got the U.S. Senate to ratify… »
Obama Speaks Some Truth From Power
President Barack Obama’s Nobel lecture last Thursday in Oslo shows he understands that “peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict.” “Only a just peace based upon the inherent rights and dignity of every individual can truly be lasting,” he said. Hearing a president say this is mind blowing and illustrates the side of… »