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karynnj

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2. This is one of a small number of essays that have dared to suggest that we

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Nov 25, 2013, 12:02 PM

Nov 2013

are witnessing the US foreign policy quietly turning from the past. (I know to some it will not be fast enough, but there seems to have been a turn and it is possible that, with all the opposition of the establishment, it has had to be slow and quiet. )

At any rate, it is great to have a President willing to take a chance on diplomacy -- rather than one taking a chance on military action. Oddly the latter is easier to get political support for.

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The Long Shadow Of Iran Contra - By Charles P. Pierce [View all] kpete Nov 2013 OP

I love Charlie's essays. myrna minx Nov 2013 #1

This is one of a small number of essays that have dared to suggest that we karynnj Nov 2013 #2

K&R! countryjake Nov 2013 #3

Shoulda prosecuted Poppy Bush. Octafish Nov 2013 #4

+1 a whole bunch.......nt Enthusiast Nov 2013 #6

I could not be in greater agreement with this article. This article deserves a HUGE K&R! Enthusiast Nov 2013 #5

This should have HUNDREDS of recommendations. Come on people. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #7

k to the R nt Mojorabbit Nov 2013 #8

K to the double double R JHB Nov 2013 #9

R#27 & K for, this is on the way to the local radio wingnut for his Thnx dessert n/t UTUSN Nov 2013 #10

Kicking again because it's priceless n/t UTUSN Nov 2013 #11