Obama does not "believe in assassinations;" killing bin Laden is
not assassination, however, but 'out-taking.' Obama notes that "If
people in Pakistan believe the US is an occupying force," it gets
hard for Musharraf to help us out. If.
Hillary pushes her way to the front of every free-for-all. This
is fatally intensifying to Edwards' and Obama's assertiveness
problems. But Edwards' cold-blooded realism on the possibilities of
Pakistan without Musharraf is a breath of fresh air.
Richardson is caught wiggling his trigger-finger again while
Biden discusses Darfur: "they have forfeited their sovereignty" by
committing genoice. Certainly this is not inaccurate as a matter of
international law. Bold endorsement of military force. Ruxpin asks
the lineup what gives. Panic strikes.
And yet after twenty seconds of chaos in the chicken coop, it's
back to Richardson: "We need China to lean on China." Richardson
threatens a boycott of the Chinese Olympics. Richardson invents the
phrase "gender-based violence."
topics:
Law, Military, Pakistan
About the Author
James Poulos is a doctoral student at Georgetown and the former Political Editor of Culture11. His writing has been published by The American Conservative, The National Interest, The New Atlantis, Partnership for a Secure America, and The Weekly Standard. In addition to AmSpecBlog, he has blogged at The American Scene, Doublethink, and Postmodern Conservative, which he founded. With degrees in political science and law from Duke and USC, he is currently at work on a dissertation about life after Napoleon. In his spare time he anti-blogs at Pish Tosh.
