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KoKo

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5. Interesting article from "National Interest" Mimics what Richard Haas of CFR Said
Thu May 21, 2015, 09:53 PM
May 2015

yesterday on Bloomberg Surveillance News where he frequently appears as the Grand GURU for business interests. He was pushing everything off onto the new Iraqi Government being incompetent and alluding that THEY were at fault. This article from "National Interest written by it's Cato and George Mason affiliated writer has a startling comparison to what Richard Hass of CFR was putting out there yesterday for the Bloomberg Financial viewers.

It's amazing how they get their message out. It seems like CATO and CFR got together and decided to put out the same "Speak." But, I pick up a hint of desperation in this. Blame it on the New Iraqi Govt? If that's all we've got left of our Foreign Policy Strategy then we are in for some more hard lessons.

BTW: Hass said: "It's like Humpty Dumpty" and we aren't going to put it back together." He actually said that, but interestingly I've read that same statement, analogy...somewhere else in the past few months...but, can't recall the source at the moment. The MEME....

THEY ALL "SPEAKS ALIKE" THESE DAYS, it seems..these mighty Think Tanks.

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