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Andrea Stone

Why Bad Generals Don't Get Sacked Anymore

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Pentagon, Tom Ricks, Generals, Tommy Franks, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Video, Dwight Eisenhower, William Westmoreland, Army, Military, Army Generals, Vietnam War, Ricardo Sanchez, Korean War, Fiasco, Fdr, US Army, World War II, George Marshall, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As the country chooses a president Tuesday, a timely new book by a veteran military writer makes the case that it is now easier to s...

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The 7 Most Overrated Time Magazine Persons of the Year

Mark Juddery | Posted 01.21.2012 | Media
Read More: Al Gore, Beatles, Rudy Giuliani, William Westmoreland, George W Bush, Adolf Hitler, Media, Time Magazine, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Olympics, Pierre Laval, Stalin, US Presidents, Slidepollajax, Great Depression, Media News
Mark Juddery

It's that time again, when we start to ponder that age-old question: who will be Time magazine's Person of the Year?

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An Open Letter To President Obama On Afghanistan

Michael Moore | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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The "Goldilocks Principle" and Afghan War Options

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: John McCain, George Ball, George Kahin, Rand Corporation, Afghanistan Occupation, President Barack Obama, Juan Cole, Lindsey Graham, The Nation, Peter Baker, Afghanistan War, William Polk, American War in Afghanistan, Nato, American Military Forces, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Goldilocks Principle, William Westmoreland, Richard Nixon, Vietnam War, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, New York Times, General Stanley McChrystal, Joe Lieberman, Afghanistan, Lyndon Johnson, Undersecretary of State George Ball, Helene Cooper, Robert Dryfuss, Vietnamization, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

General McChrystal's recommendation for more troops and material has a distinctly Westmorelandian flavor to it. If approved, it could create an additional $40 to$80 billion per annum in war costs.

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