Dick Cheney's Fantasy World

Seeded on Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:35 PM EST (cantdriveit.blogspot.com)

by Scott Ritter, UN weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991-1998 and is the author of Iraq Confidential (IB Tauris, 2006).

iraq, cheney, politics, wmd

Robert Irwin's top 10 books on Islam and Islamic culture

Seeded on Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:16 AM EST (cantdriveit.blogspot.com)

Writer and broadcaster Robert Irwin is the author of The Alhambra, recently published by Profile. He is also the author of The Arabian Nights: A Companion and The Desert: An Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature as well as six novels.

religion, muslims, islam, koran, robert-irwin

The Ultimate Berlin Airdrop...from Space

Seeded on Mon Dec 8, 2008 6:24 PM EST (cantdriveit.blogspot.com)

President-elect Obama hopes to be seen as effecting some of the promises of transparency and open government made during his campaign. An email from Obama transition team head John Podesta went out today to Obama supporters announcing a "seat at the table" for the American public.

space, defense, obama, world-news, change-gov, nsso

Obama's Afghan Dilemma

Seeded on Fri Dec 5, 2008 12:22 PM EST (cantdriveit.blogspot.com)

By Robert Dreyfuss

afghanistan, politics, gates, obama

Obama's 'Pragmatic Use of Power' Just Political Opportunism?

Seeded on Wed Dec 3, 2008 11:50 AM EST (cantdriveit.blogspot.com)

Introducing his new Secretaries of State and Defense yesterday morning, President-elect Obama noted that both Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates "share my pragmatism about the use of power and my sense of purpose about America's role as a leader in the world." It is interesting tha …

iraq, afghanistan, clinton, politics, gates, cabinet, obama, hillary, pragmatic, pragmatism

Obama's Foreign Policy ABC's

Seeded on Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:26 AM EST (cantdriveit.blogspot.com)

The United States today faces an unfamiliar and rapidly changing world landscape. By A. Wess Mitchell

iraq, politics, obama, foreign-policy, realism

Obama's multipolar moment

Seeded on Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:47 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

By A. Wess Mitchell November 23, 2008

politics

Oil Price, Not Subprime Loans, Broke US Consumers

Seeded on Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:35 PM EST (cantdriveit.blogspot.com)

Last week Tom Friedman urged his readers to go shopping. This week he tells them to eschew restaurant food in favor of a home made tuna fish sandwich. In other words, Friedman suggests that it is time to panic. Why? Because the US is filled with W.M.D. called subprime mortgages.

oil, politics, bailout, opec, subprime, stimulus

Full Text of Secret Iraq Withdrawal Agreement

Seeded on Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:42 PM EST (cantdriveit.blogspot.com)

An agreement regarding the withdrawal of the U.S. forces from Iraq and regulating the U.S. activities during its temporary presence, between the United States and the Iraqi government November 16th, 2008 Foreword

iraq, war, treaty, george-bush, world-news, withdrawal, security-pact, security-agreement

The Real News: Iraq-US Security Pact: Bitter Battles Ahead?

Seeded on Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:09 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

On Sunday the Iraqi government agreed to keep U.S. troops in the country for three more years although this does rest upon the approval of Iraqi parliament, who is meeting later this month.

iraq, politics, security-pact, iraq-security-agreement

Withdrawal, Secrecy and the Imperial President

Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:41 PM EST

Yesterday, as reported by Reuters ("Lawmaker accuses Bush over Iraq Deal") and the Boston Globe ("US-Iraq security pact may be in violation, Congress is told"), a Congressional sub-committee heard testimony that the US Constitution may have been breeched in the act of negotiating …

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