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	<title><![CDATA[The Buck Stops Everywhere]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-smiley/the-buck-stops-everywhere_b_37140.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p> I was working on another post, entitled, "How is the War in Iraq like
a Frontal Lobotomy?" (answer--false advertising), but really, I'm not
that interested in the history anymore. I'm more interested in the
"surge". I'm interested because the "surge" is a classic example of a
loser's strategy, and it is about to be put in place by a bunch of
losers. The "surge" is about saving face rather than achieving an
objective, and, let me say it right here, it's a guy thing. It's...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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