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| The naive idealism of the ISG "realists" |
| 2006-12-13 |
| By David Limbaugh Upon further study, what strikes me most about the Iraq Study Group report (ISGR) is its profound naivete. The group could better identify its operative philosophy as "unrealism," rather than realism. The modern form of foreign policy "realism" emerged, according to "The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World," in reaction to "idealism," an "approach which held that countries were united in an underlying harmony of interest -- a view shattered by the outbreak of World War II." But there's more: |
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| #4 DEFENCE-UPDATE.com > POST-IRAN, ARE ARAB UNCLEAR EFFORTS UNDERWAY; + THEAUSTRALIAN.com > ALAN GOLD: MOUD HAS MORE THAN ISRAEL IN HIS SIGHTS, In sum, NUKES = GLOBAL SHIA ASCENDANCY. See also ASIA TIMES for various Iran + China articles - e.g. ATTACKING IRAN commentaries/OP-Eds: How To lose an ARMY + LEG, i.e. Radical Islamists need to start attacking US Rear echelon SUPPLY/LOGISTICS chains. Let US POLITIX do the rest [Help your friendly local neighborhood Motherly Commie Airborne, INVADERS = UNO UNIFUS PEACEKEEPERS, by cutting off 140,000 +/- US troops in ME]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-12-13 23:04 |
| #3 The Saud king snaps his finger and demands the US President come to Arabia so he can be given the facts of life. So as to be a bit obtuse, they sent Cheney. All arranged thru Pappy Bush, who's been on the Saudi payroll bigtime for years. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-12-13 11:46 |
| #2 No idealism at all. Baker and his law firm bit down on the Saudi tit years ago, and I believe others are likewise owned. They are singing their masters song, no more, no less. A less naive or idealistic bunch would be hard to imagine. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2006-12-13 03:02 |
| #1 One columnist tries to make sense of Middle East dynamics: http://newsbyus.com/more.php?id=6337_0_1_0_M |
| Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-12-13 02:26 |