Category: Foreign Policy
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Joementum to Educate Palin
It would appear that our good friend Joe Lieberman has volunteered his services to help Sara Palin with her lack of foreign policy experience, even though her state is right next to Russia. Palin will also not be available to the media for an undetermined time while she gets her affairs in order back in…
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America First – A Response
In this week’s Memphis Flyer there is an opinion piece called America first. Bound by the constraints of print media, it is far from comprehensive, but brings up an important conversation; What should our foreign aid look like? Should we even have any foreign aid? On a certain level, I agree with the author. In…
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My Favorite Punching Bag
I read this editorial last week while I was on the road, and thankfully though about it this afternoon to complete my trifecta of posts for the day. The editorial details a question posed to Rep. John Tanner (TN-08) concerning Pakistan. From the Editorial: Whom should we side with in the ongoing confrontation in Pakistan…
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Finding the gooey moderate center…
Part of President Bush’s plan to ignore the ISG and the will of the American people involves crafting a political arrangement with the “moderate center” parties in Iraq. As promised in my previous post from this morning, here is a look at the main ones. Good luck finding that moderate center.United Iraqi Alliance – A…