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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 07:47 AM Sep 2014

The Atlantic: The Unbearable Emptiness of a New York Times Op-Ed [View all]

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/the-empty-critiques-of-obamas-mideast-policy/379433/?google_editors_picks=true

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I have my concerns about President Obama’s foreign policy. But nothing eases them like listening to his Republican critics. There’s an onion-like quality to the arguments GOP politicians often deploy against Obama’s policies in the Middle East. Peel away the layers of grave-sounding but vacuous rhetoric, and you’re left with almost nothing intellectually nourishing at all.
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