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Selective Police Action Is the Best Approach to Dealing With Pakistan-Based Militants

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With a new report from the US intelligence community suggesting that al-Qaeda has found a safe haven in tribal areas of Pakistan, there is increasing talk of war. The Washington Post, for example, suggested in an editorial today that we should bomb Pakistan in order to take out militant strongholds. But the Post is way off base. An examination of what's going on in … [Read more...] about Selective Police Action Is the Best Approach to Dealing With Pakistan-Based Militants

Is It a Constitutional Crisis?

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Does the Bush administration’s astonishing assertion that Congress has no power to force a U.S. attorney to pursue contempt charges rise to the level of a constitutional crisis? The answer, I believe, is that this is just the latest chapter in an ongoing constitutional crisis involving a rogue president who continues to insist that when he invokes executive privilege, inks … [Read more...] about Is It a Constitutional Crisis?

A Turning Point For Turkey?

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From Pajamas Media: Turkish citizens go to the polls on Sunday for an important election. Will the vote reverse the course of Islamization or move it further down the road of becoming a more Islamic, socially conservative society and a foreign policy more attuned to Iran and Syria than to the United States? Barry Rubin, who is covering the elections for PJM, isn’t … [Read more...] about A Turning Point For Turkey?

Bless the Danes, Shame on the Yanks

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Denmark has secretly airlifted about 200 translators and other Iraqi employees of its troops and their relatives ahead of its withdrawal from Iraq, and most are expected to seek asylum. The Nordic country will withdraw all of its 480 combat troops in August and replace them with a small helicopter unit of 55 soldiers. Bo Eric Weber, Danish ambassador to Iraq, said the … [Read more...] about Bless the Danes, Shame on the Yanks

A New Low For TV’s Minstrel Channel

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Although it helps, you don’t have to be black to be offended by the premise behind “Hot Ghetto Mess,” a new series on the Black Entertainment Television cable channel that is an orgy of stereotyping that mocks ghetto culture. Led by blogger Gina McCauley at What About Our Daughters?, a rather formidable coalition of religious and women’s groups is asking advertisers … [Read more...] about A New Low For TV’s Minstrel Channel

Pentagon Official Accuses Hillary Clinton Of Boosting Enemy Propaganda (UPDATED)

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Mark July 19, 2007 down as the day when a Pentagon official crossed a line and veered not just into partisanship but a return to the mid-20th century form of political demonization and categorization known as "McCarthyism." It was the day the news emerged that a Pentagon bigwig talked about a member of the opposition party -- who also happens to be a United States Senator … [Read more...] about Pentagon Official Accuses Hillary Clinton Of Boosting Enemy Propaganda (UPDATED)

Bush Administration Suggests Justice Department Can Ignore Congress Contempt Charges

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Once again the Bush administration is changing what has been the conventional wisdom. You must have thought that if Congress brings contempt charges against Bush administration officials for refusing to testify (or show up) because President George Bush invoked executive privilege that under our system of government the Justice Department had to prosecute. Not so, says … [Read more...] about Bush Administration Suggests Justice Department Can Ignore Congress Contempt Charges

Wilson-Plame Civil Suit Dismissed

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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by outed spy Valerie Plame and her husband against Vice President Dick Cheney and other top Bush administration officials. U.S. District Judge John Bates said the lawsuit raises "important questions relating to the propriety of actions undertaken by our highest government officials." But in a 41-page decision, he found that Plame and … [Read more...] about Wilson-Plame Civil Suit Dismissed

The common cause of Bush and al Qaeda

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This is so obvious, but, hey, at least Lee Hamilton came out and said it: U.S. forces should go into Pakistan to rout al Qaeda from the safe haven it has found in the mountains on the border with Afghanistan, a co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group said. Former Rep. Lee Hamilton, who also served as the vice chairman of the 9/11 commission, says the Iraq war distracted the … [Read more...] about The common cause of Bush and al Qaeda