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An Open Letter To President Obama On Afghanistan

Michael Moore | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

Read More: William Westmoreland, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Harry Truman, George W. Bush, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Stanley McChrystal, Vietnam, Election, Douglas MacArthur, Mikhail Gorbachev, Withdrawal, Barack Obama, Michael Moore, World News
Michael Moore

When we elected Obama we didn't expect miracles. We didn't even expect much change. But we expected some. We thought he would stop the madness -- the killing and the insanity.

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Obama -- Really the Afghanistan "Decider"?

Michael Brenner | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Afpak, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Douglas MacArthur, Afghanistan War, World News
Michael Brenner

There is something rotten in the current state of Washington's Afghan policy making. And a confused American public, and an ever credulous press, are buying the fairy tale.

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Memo to Obama: Dismiss McChrystal

Michael Carmichael | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qa'eda, Vice President Biden, Robert Gates, International Institutite of Strategic Studies, Harry Truman, Stanley McChrystal, Douglas MacArthur, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

When Truman realized that General MacArthur was insubordinate, he dismissed him. When General McChrystal spoke out in London, he usurped the power of the president to design and execute foreign policy.

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If Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm Had Resigned Instead of Sarah Palin

Susan J. Demas | Posted 08.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Tim Allen, John McCain, Sweden, Ann Coulter, Bill Pascoe, Sarah Palin Vice President, Canada, Jennifer Granholm, Sarah Palin Resignation, Sarah Palin, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Fox News, Pure Michigan, Michigan, Dan Mulhern, Douglas MacArthur, Medc, Comedy News
Susan J. Demas

Sarah Palin is wading back into the warm bowels of victimhood, whining that everyone's pilin' on about her steppin' down.

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What Does Obama's Afghan Command Change Mean?

William Bradley | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, David Rodriguez, David Petraeus, George W. Bush, Mullah Omar, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, Iraq, Joint Special Operations Command, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Dick Cheney, Saddam Hussein, Surge, Stanley McChrystal, Korean War, Taliban, Afghanistan, David McKiernan, Special Forces, Douglas MacArthur, World News
William Bradley

The move from McKiernan to McChrystal also seems to signify an end to nation-building fantasies in Afghanistan.

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Will Detroit Budget Cuts Doom US in World EV Market?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Sonoma County, Audi R8, Lithium-Ion Battery, Automotive News, San Diego, Beijing, Oregon, Yokohama, Cars, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Detroit News, Clean Diesel, Audi Q7 TDI, General Motors, Ireland, Portugal, Douglas MacArthur, Keith Bradsher, Chery, Biofuels, Detroit Three, Ford, Starbucks Coffee, Tucson, Eamon Ryan, Renault Nissan Electric Cars, Japan, Chrysler, Israel, Tennessee, Mitsubishi -MiEV, NY Times, Yuasa Battery, Denmark, Monaco, Kanagawa, Auto Bailout, Detroit-Michigan, Business News
Steve Parker

The perfect financial storm decimating the US auto sector could result in the nation's largest manufacturing industry falling even farther behind overseas competitors when it comes to EVs.

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Team of Rivals: JFK's Lessons for Commander-in-Chief Obama

Gordon Goldstein | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy, Pentagon, Schlesinger, Cia, Doris Kearns Goodwin, 1961, Asia, Castro, Barack Obama, Robert S. McNamara, Ground Combat Troops, Vietnam, Kennedy Cabinet, Abraham Lincoln, Dean Rusk, Hillary Clinton, Guatemala, Ford Motor Company, April 17, Secretary of State, Douglas MacArthur, Bay of Pigs, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Gordon Goldstein

The new commander-in-chief would be wise to examine JFK's first year: Appoint the strongest team possible, yet be prepared to reject your counselors' advice, even when vastly outnumbered.

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