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2011-12-30 Africa North

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Posted by trailing wife 2011-12-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 more victories for Obama and Hillary's 'smart diplomacy'

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-12-30 00:04|| 2011-12-30 00:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Red on red.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-12-30 05:12|| 2011-12-30 05:12|| Front Page Top

#3 What's the over/under on the distance between the "deeply concerned" and the "strongly worded memo"?

Posted by AlanC 2011-12-30 09:03|| 2011-12-30 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 There is the little ceremonial tactic called a "sound bite of frustration with the process" uttered by the Secretary of State that initiates the preparation of the dreaded "Strongly worded memo" aka "Sharply worded memo"

The State Department lost Volume 5 of "How to Negotiate" which includes wonderful tactics such as walking out of negotiations, poison in the after dinner cocktails or the really fun "We've got an Army you know" phrase.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-12-30 09:51|| 2011-12-30 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 S'what happens when one fosters or encourages change and then fails to manage it.

Posted by Pappy 2011-12-30 11:24|| 2011-12-30 11:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Encouraging human rights?

Those BASTARDS!...

Posted by mojo 2011-12-30 14:13|| 2011-12-30 14:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Most NGO's don't actually encourage real rights(Restrictions on the state) they tend to go for restrictions on the liberty of people to defend themselves, and other marxian redistributionist clap-trap.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-12-30 19:37|| 2011-12-30 19:37|| Front Page Top

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