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    Americans Died So Republicans Could Play Politics

    MAY 3, 2012 10:22AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, republican party, osama bin laden, president obama, max cleland, karl rove, iraq, seal team six, al qaeda, 2002 elections, democratic party, foreign affairs, neoconservatism, john kerry, karl rove, george w bush, tom ricks, fox news, sean hannity, ed gillespie, john mccain, mark mckinnon, uss abraham lincoln, mission accomplished

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    • 7 Ratings
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    • 18 Comments
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    Learning to Live in a Multi-polar World

    MARCH 13, 2012 3:37PM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: flylooper, putin, obama, russia, china, politics, foreign affairs

    • 22 Ratings
    • 1185 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Israel declares war on USA!

    FEBRUARY 5, 2012 6:06PM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: news, politics, foreign affairs, netanyahu, ehud barak, barack obama, admiral mike mullen, gen. martin dempsey, joint chiefs of staff, npr, ahmadinejad, ayatollah khameni, nuclear deterence, mad, israeli nuclear weapons

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    The Problem is Pedanticism

    OCTOBER 29, 2011 9:45PM

    By Idil Issa


    Topics: open call, foreign affairs, lipner, kuperwasser, palestine, israel

    • 5 Ratings
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    UN looking into legality of slaughter of Osama bin Laden

    MAY 6, 2011 1:23PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politic, united nations, u.n., summary execution, self-defense, revenge killing, revenge, president obama, president barack obama, pakistan, osama bin laden, osama, obama, nobel peace prize, national self-defense, muslims, martyrdom, iraq, international law, human rights, hillary clinton, george w. bush, foreign policy, foreign affairs, extrajudicial killings, extrajudicial execution, execution, eric holder, due process, china, bin laden, barack obama, assassination, arabs

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    Reminding the Media of their Incompetence.

    MARCH 28, 2011 11:05AM

    By Hans Denee


    Topics: open salon.com, puente grande, justice dept., foreign affairs, jirina, pavel kulisek, mexico, w5, ctv, north shore news, d.foot, the province, wayne moriarty, vancouver sun, patricia graham, cbc, ottawa citizen, gerry nott, national post, stephen meurice, globe and mail, john stackhouse

    • 2 Ratings
    • 490 Views
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    What Will the U.S. do Next in Egypt?

    FEBRUARY 4, 2011 5:45AM

    By Michael Doyle


    Topics: politics, news, open+call, mubarak, suleiman, egypt, cairo, foreign affairs

    • 1 Ratings
    • 642 Views
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    An Essay on US-Burma Relations and its Effect on Asia

    NOVEMBER 18, 2010 12:21PM

    By The Armchair Diplomat


    Topics: international relations, foreign affairs, asia, myanmar, burma, us

    • 0 Ratings
    • 265 Views
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    When your Government drives you mad; the Pavel Kulisek case.

    NOVEMBER 17, 2010 7:16PM

    By Hans Denee


    Topics: 979 days, pavel kulisek, mexico, harper, cannon, ohrai, jirina, middle ages, pmo, foreign affairs, canadians

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1231 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Chinese Investment in Africa

    OCTOBER 13, 2010 6:20PM

    By Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall


    Topics: angola, cacao, cfr, china, cia, congo, copper, council on foreign relations, development, dumping, foreign affairs, free trade, nigeria, oil, pakistan, resource-backed loans, trade liberazatio

    • 7 Ratings
    • 663 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Why I Don't Care If Obama is Mainstream Christian

    SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 12:05PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: sarah palin, glenn beck, barack obama, president obama, atheism, liberation theology, robert gibbs, mainstream christian, nonbelievers, science, faith, religion, politics, terrorism, islam, park51, anti-mosque protests, ground zero mosque, toxic populism, incitement to hatred, religious tolerance, religious freedom, first amendment, understanding islam, roots of terrorism, oil oligarchy, foreign affairs, politics and religion, radicalism, fundamentalism, hopelessness, comparative religion

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    • 13290 Views
    • 79 Comments
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    Islam is Not the Problem. Try Hopelessness, Fundamentalism

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 8:35AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: 911, 9-11, politics, terrorism, islam, park51, anti-mosque protests, ground zero mosque, toxic populism, incitement to hatred, religious tolerance, religious freedom, first amendment, understanding islam, roots of terrorism, oil oligarchy, foreign affairs, politics and religion, radicalism, fundamentalism, hopelessness, comparative religion

    • 4 Ratings
    • 2809 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Top 5 Most Counter-Productive Politics in Use in America

    JUNE 29, 2010 8:18PM

    By E. Magill


    Topics: prohibition, drugs, top 5, america, foreign affairs, education, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1000 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Brave! Zionists claim Helen’s head

    JUNE 7, 2010 3:42PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: free speech, first amendment, helen thomas, israel, zionism, israel-first lobby, israel, white house, president barack obama, president obama, politics, jews, judaism, american jews, israeli jews, palestine, palestinians, middle east, foreign affairs, foriegn policy, helen thomas, palestine, palestinians, islam, poland, germany, mahmoud ahmadinejad

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 1920 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Conservative Britain, Liberal Britain

    MAY 12, 2010 1:52PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: foreign affairs, coalition government, british politics, british elections, tony blair, gordon brown, david cameron, nick clegg, tory, tories, conservatives, liberal democrats

    • 1 Ratings
    • 467 Views
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    One Question for Sarah Palin

    APRIL 20, 2010 10:35AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: sarah palin, foreign affairs, barack obama

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    • 17 Comments
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    What the Kyrgystan Revolution Means For the Manas Air Base

    APRIL 8, 2010 5:32PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: manas air base, kyrgystan, kyrgystan revolution, u.s. military, afghanistan, the pottery barn wars, foreign affairs, bishkek, bakiyev, obama, politics, medvedev

    • 0 Ratings
    • 590 Views
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    Anti-Gay Déjà Vu: Another Miss California Contestant Courts

    FEBRUARY 25, 2010 12:30PM

    By Robert Stack


    Topics: yellowperilist, widest possible audience, vanessa williams, tiara, style, stupidity, sphere, society, sinner, same sex unions, salesmen, robert’s blog, religious right, pulpit, posterous, pop!talkers, outspoken views, miss california, lifestyle, geographic knowledge, gay marriage, foreign affairs, fashion, error 404, dislike, deja vu, culture, bottle blondes, beauty pageants, beauty pageant contestants, beauties

    • 0 Ratings
    • 291 Views
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    Chapter 12 added to Chomsky's Year 501

    FEBRUARY 21, 2010 11:44AM

    By Doug Storm


    Topics: recommended, chomsky, imperialism, yoo, torture, bybee, digby, cheney, addington, torture memos, foreign affairs

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    Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

    DECEMBER 11, 2009 5:43AM

    By Lindsay Morgan


    Topics: foreign affairs, aid, travel, development, poverty, africa

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