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GOOD READS
Bush's Iraq Plan, Between the Lines
Anthony Cordesman fact checks Bush's January 10 address to the nation about Iraq.
The Israel Lobby
The combination of unwavering support for Israel and the
related effort to spread ‘democracy’ throughout the
region has inflamed Arab and Islamic opinion and
jeopardized not only US security but that of much of the
rest of the world.
Moral Hazard
How conservatism encourages
nuclear terrorism.
Apocalypse Soon
by Robert McNamara
It is time for the United States to cease its Cold War-style reliance on nuclear weapons as a foreign-policy tool. Current U.S. nuclear weapons policy is immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous.
How Bush Won
Is it really the case that, as the
British tabloid the Daily Mirror famously put it, nearly 60
million Americans were simply too “dumb” to understand the
implications of reelecting George W. Bush? It seems so...But
as appealing as it is, folly does not constitute a
sufficient explanation of the 2004 election.
Inside the Committee that Runs the World
September 11, 2001, was a catalytic event that revealed
the core character of the Bush administration’s national
security team. As rival factions fought for the
president’s ear, the transformative ideals espoused by
the neocons gained ascendancy—triggering a rift that has
split the Republican foreign-policy establishment to its
foundations.
The Right's Assault on Kofi Annan
The neoconservative and paleoconservative assault on Kofi
Annan and the UN has been like a slightly slower version of
the Swift Boat veterans' campaign against Democratic
presidential nominee John Kerry. Listening to the cable
pundits, you would never suspect that there is no proof at
this point that Annan, or indeed anyone else at the UN, did
anything wrong.
Think Again: Bush’s Foreign Policy
Not since Richard Nixon’s conduct of the war in Vietnam
has a U.S. president’s foreign policy so polarized the
country—and the world. Yet as controversial as George W.
Bush’s policies have been, they are not as radical a
departure from his predecessors as both critics and
supporters proclaim. Instead, the real weaknesses of the
president’s foreign policy lie in its contradictions:
Blinded by moral clarity and hamstrung by its enormous
military strength, the United States needs to rebalance
means with ends if it wants to forge a truly effective
grand strategy.
Will Iran Be Next?
Soldiers, spies, and
diplomats conduct a classic Pentagon war game—with
sobering results.
The Separate Realities of Bush and Kerry Supporters
A PIPA/KN Study
By deciding to invade Iraq, the Bush Administration decided not to do many other things: not to reconstruct Afghanistan, not to deal with North Korea and Iran, and not to wage an effective war on terror. An inventory of opportunities lost.
Council on Foreign Relations
The lack of sustained engagement with Iran harms American interests, and direct dialogue with Tehran on specific areas of mutual concern should be pursued.
The Misunderestimated Man: How Bush chose stupidity
As the president says, we misunderestimate him. He was not born stupid. He chose stupidity. Bush may look like a well-meaning dolt. On consideration, he's something far more dangerous: a dedicated fool.
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