It is the nature of the political process that presidents campaign outside history and must then live within it. For Barack Obama, this meant promising a speedy withdrawal from Iraq, a stronger focus on defeating Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, firm but respectful relations with Russia and China, engagement with opponents like Iran, and progress with our [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Vietnam’
What Obama Might Learn from the Past: Bending History in the Direction of Justice
by Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanTuesday, January 26th, 2010
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Lessons for Late Baby Boomers
by Tom ZeilerTuesday, January 26th, 2010
I’m eight months older than President Barack Obama, so we fall into the same generation. Of course, the similarities end there, including his ascent to a slightly higher administrative level than I will ever reach. Still, we share some things in common because we gained an awareness of the world around the same time, in [...]
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Weekly Digest – 10/19/09
by Nick DucoteMonday, October 19th, 2009
As the U.S. postpones a decision on Afghanistan, Gerald Posner reports on a new secret weapon in the arsenal of the Taliban and Al Qaeda: getting the Army addicted to their cheap heroin. [more]
President George H.W. Bush thought that after the victory in the Gulf war we had “kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for [...]
Tags: bipolar, counterterrorism, Darfur, genocide, multipolar, Sudan, Vietnam, Vietnam syndrome, War on Terror
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