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Tuesday, April 5. 2011

Libya, Obama, and Samantha Powers

From Stanley Kurtz' Samantha Power's Power:



From the standpoint of traditional calculations of national interest, this war is something akin to madness. Yet without fully articulating it (and that reticence is intentional), Obama and Power are attempting to accustom us to a whole new way of thinking about war, and about America’s place in the world.

Posted by The News Junkie at 10:03 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Samantha Power is married to Cass Sunstein, a match obviously made in heaven. We are so screwed with these people in power.
We are all living in a FUBAR world now.
#1 jappy on 2011-04-05 10:33 (Reply)
what is FUBAR?
#2 Park Slope Pubby on 2011-04-05 12:35 (Reply)
Fouled Up Beyond All Repair.

Substitute the appropriate F word for Fouled. :>)

Related: SNAFU - Situation Normal All Fouled Up.
#2.1 Tom Francis on 2011-04-05 14:41 (Reply)
Don't forget TARFU...

Things Are Really Fouled Up
#3 concerned american (Link) on 2011-04-05 22:13 (Reply)
TARFU should only be used for the situation in Fukushima, which is both sad and horrific.
#3.1 jappy on 2011-04-05 22:40 (Reply)
"A whole new way of thinking about war?"

Oh come the f*** on. Every way to think about war has been thought already.

Wars are either for legitimate national interest, for the benefit of the politically well-connected, or stupid cock-ups that could have been avoided by asking, "WTF?" (think WWI).
#4 John on 2011-04-06 07:58 (Reply)

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