We keep making the mistake of dealing with each new foreign crisis as a distinct and unique event, rather than as part of a historical-political continuum. Here is a sad example:
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Iran’s political crisis continues to blaze. It’s still impossible to say which leaders or factions will emerge victorious, but one thing is certain: the earthquake in the Islamic Republic is shaking the Mideast and deeply confusing everyone, including the US government.
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President Barack Obama came into office with an enormous reservoir of goodwill in the Muslim world. This was an asset no amount of American money or making nice could buy. But in recent weeks, he seems to have squandered a large part of this bounty.
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Is there any way to peace between Israel and Palestine?
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What will happen if U.S. control of other cultures is perceived as authoritarian ruler havens?
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The silly semantics about whether the surge was a "tactic" or a "strategy" were an absurd ruse; a pointless distraction from the broader point. These wars were wrongly decided, and wrongly prosecuted.
Chatman
What's most disconcerting is that, in all of the talk about this crisis in the U.S. media, there's not one single, solitary word about slashing defence spending.
Stormcrow