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Libya
Bombing Syria is still a bad idea even if saving lives in Libya was not
Jonathan Chait is reasonably sure that "killing some of the Syrians who are soldiers wantonly killing civilians...
Mike Masnick highlights how the weird retail history of cars has led to state laws which leave...
Recalling the inspiration for his profile on President Obama which appeared this week in the pages of...
I don’t follow international affairs as much as some people, but I actually had been keeping an...
For liberalism, that is. Alas, there is no end in sight. Elias points us to this piece...
This is a bizarre sort of rhetorical question: Will everyone who said that liberal interventionists “lost all...
Updated below. Over at The Dish, Zack Beauchamp writes: It’s better to think of the U.S. as...
John asks if the fall of Gaddafi means he should change his initial opposition to the war:...
I’m concerned that any perceived “success” in Libya (i.e. the fall of Gaddafi as rebels even now storm...
I don’t understand our political leaders. They’re so interested in cutting spending on healthcare and retirement –...
Rand Paul has, so far, been pretty good on issues of national security. Maybe not quite as...
“The glib hubris of Libya is a sign that the change we hoped for really has morphed...
America is simply incapable of watching a slaughter take place – anywhere in the world – and...
Andrew Sullivan is ‘nibbling on some crow‘ at the moment, apparently over his early and vocal criticism...
As far as I’m concerned there are no good arguments for intervention in Libya. Reports that we’ve...
Marc Lynch explains the strategic importance of intervention in Libya (via the Dish): Libya matters to the...
[updated] It appears Muammar Gaddafi has called a ceasefire following the announcement of a UN no-fly zone:...
~by E.C. Gach a U.N Security Council resolution has been agreed to, and now all that remains...
