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		<title>The McChrystal Affair: Pity the Poor Historian</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/07/30/the-mcchrystal-affair-pity-the-poor-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crossposted from Michael Hunt&#8217;s Washington and the World blog.
There is good reason to pity the poor historian, who has been tested especially severely during the recent McChrystal-Obama imbroglio as the eruption of historical parallels and lessons have ranged from the wrong-headed to the off-kilter.
Henry Kissinger is a good example of the wrong-headed. This policy heavyweight, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 4/26/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/04/26/2286/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Henry Sokolski argues that current U.S. political will to reduce nuclear dangers should be channeled into a practical set of control measures that are more likely to secure bipartisan support and can begin to be implemented without the legal consent of other states. [more]
How can the United States defend its national and commercial interests against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 4/12/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/04/12/weekly-digest-41210/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shafr.org/2010/04/12/weekly-digest-41210/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the midst of the recent U.S.-Israeli tumult, a curious conventional wisdom is starting to evolve. A Washington that cajoles Israel on its settlements and resumes the peace process in earnest may finally garner Arab support for dealing with Iran&#8217;s nuclear menace. Although pressuring Israel to restrain its settlements may be a sensible means of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking about Remembering</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/03/22/thinking-about-remembering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Wood</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shafr.org/?p=2195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and even though I have not lived there for many years, I still visit regularly. I often think that my decision to become a historian stems in part from the stories of my family history told to me by grandparents and other relatives. I learned from my grandmother, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 3/15/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/03/15/weekly-digest-31510/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some Pakistan Taliban members in the tribal areas say the onslaught of US drone attacks and Pakistani offensives in recent months is forcing the group underground and creating fractures. [more]
Israeli media reported Monday that the U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project whose approval has touched off the most serious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 3/10/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/03/10/weekly-digest-31010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four years after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities, the Soviet Union explodes its first nuclear weapon at a test range in Kazakhstan. That the Soviet Union obtained &#8220;the bomb&#8221; is not surprising, but the timing of the test is. Most U.S. intelligence assessments at the time concluded Moscow was at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 2/22/2010</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/02/22/weekly-digest-2222010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to Guantánamo, President Obama is still stuck. It’s clear the detention facility won’t close any time soon. That leaves many people, in and out of the administration, in the United States and overseas, wondering: What’s next for Guantánamo? [more]
Just how unpopular are President Barack Obama&#8217;s anti-terrorism policies with his Republican critics? Even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diplomats Among Warriors</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/02/16/diplomats-among-warriors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shafr.org/2010/02/16/diplomats-among-warriors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Prados</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Afghanistan at the moment (February 2010), U.S. Marines, allied troops, and Afghan government soldiers are embarked on an offensive at a town called Marja in Helmand province. American commander-in-chief General Stanley A. McChrystal here makes the first expression of the strategy that underlies the appeal for reinforcements that led to the Obama administration “surge” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 2/8/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/02/08/weekly-digest-2810/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shafr.org/2010/02/08/weekly-digest-2810/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama&#8217;s decision not to attend a planned summit between the United States and the EU in May&#8211;and the testy European reaction to that decision&#8211;underscores &#8220;the unrealistic expectations&#8221; that have been in play between Europe and the United States since Obama took office. [more]
Predictions of America’s decline are vastly overstated. Asia is indeed increasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8212; 2/2/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/02/02/weekly-digest-2210/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No longer are the US, Nato or Afghanistan&#8217;s neighbours talking about militarily defeating the Taliban, rebuilding the country from top to bottom or promoting democracy. [more]
The U.S. government this year will borrow one of every three dollars it spends, with many of those funds coming from foreign countries. That weakens America&#8217;s standing and its freedom to [...]]]></description>
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