DISQUS

No, no ,no. Fess up.

Only reason,,,U,N, blah, blah

Tell it true, buddy, not half true.U.S. forces, not U.N. dips, and they have work to do before they leave.

Spencer, I ask you if the situation is deteriorating in Afghanistan or is the problem there a spillover from Pakistan?

Yes, he does and will do. Foreign policy will be big for both parties.
Obama will emphasize policy.
McCain will whisper "foreign".

Heh, Spencer, wanna know what kind of people were killed in the Pakistani tribal area?
I'll tell ya!
They was lawless people, lawless!

While Al-Qaeda has continued support in Pakistan, does it still have Saudi funding?

Is the offensive in Diyala directed against elements affiliated with al-Qaeda?

"Rather than establish Hamdan's actual guilt..." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He's driving bin Laden around and they catch him with a couple of SAMs?
Argue against the tribunal system for any and all of a number of reasons, but don't throw out the baby.

"...two goals: to seek out the truth and secure justice." These are certainly not the primary goal of our criminal justice system and an attorney making such an assertion either wasn't pay attention or is lying.
The primary goal is to protect the citizenry against state power
Applying identical protections to non-citizens engaged in armed struggle against our citizens is of questionable wisdom.

Who is Matthew Yglesias? Do you think people should buy his book, HEADS IN THE SAND?

I couldn't have said it any better than vehicle, Spencer, but I'm ignoring you.

I found enjoyment in this essay and write with thanks. I was most impressed with your invocation of Walzer's argument and look to seeing you explore it in more depth.

When do you think the issue over Kirkuk will be settled, or at least voted upon, and do you think having US troops visible will help contain violence in regard to Kirkuk?

I am unsure as to which crimes of Richard Nixon were pardoned, But I am fairly sure that the crimes attributed to his regime were of greater import to the civil liberties of the American people and to their political franchise
You might be better served by mentioning the crimes of the Reagan bunch. Their illegalities were widespread, and while many were serious, a fair number of his Administration were very common thieves.
It seems to me that almost all of the BS that the current group is engaged in has been under the cover of Congressional kowtowing. Once they got the Congress to wreck the budget, they've mostly concentrated on fucking up the rest of the world.

Authentic (lawless) frontier gibberish

Would you have any idea of how the detention conditions at Guantanimo compare with those afforded German POWs in WWII?

From the quotations in this post one could make the case that it's the terms of the agreement that are being scorned and not the idea of an agreement.

This has been a first-rate series. My congrats.

Wrong is not the same as bad. DeLong has a way to go to back his contention. What are his reasons? Or he as zealous as the fool he condemns?

When will you admit that the establishment of Israel was an instance of European imperialism and racism?

Not just goats. It work real good on what used to be called journalists. You say gates lies, do ya?

Interesting. What would you suggest is the US primary interest in Pakistan. Is it to aid the establishment of a new government and stable state? Is it to secure good relations with such a government? Help establish governmental ascendance over the military?
Or are such things secondary to attacking Al Qaeda?

Spencer Ackerman: yeah, why weren't you previously aware? McCaul's all over this thing, he's known about from the beginning. But he's not telling all he knows!!
Placing advanced and powerful weapons in the hands of large groups of MC-13 members and incorporating them in the U.S. military was a pilot program {developed by Rumsfeld probably} that was applied in Iraq in the SONS OF IRAQ Program.

I hope that the McCaul quotes in the second paragraph are conveying an inaccurate view of his logical reasoning. If not, please elaborate on what you mean by "GOP member".

Something wrong with Barrett's thyroid?

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