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Monthly Archives: April 2007
Sen. McCain on John Stewart….what the?!?
I have never been a proponent of the war (I used to argue with my Sephardic family members against the run up to the invasion), I can understand the logic presented. If General Abizaid is going to accomplish the effort of nation building (which former Governor George W. Bush claimed we would never do in the Presidential debates of 2000), then having the Sword of Damocles (read: pending timetables) will not help accomplish the task of bringing peace to the region. McCain’s claim is that we have brought this on ourselves (the poorly architected plan for the invasion), but it is our obligation to clean up the mess we have brought (“In for a penny, in for a pound”) to the region and the world. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2008
Tagged Campaign 2008, John McCain, War in Iraq
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VA Shootings….a moment of silence
And a letter from the President of Cooper Union: April 16, 2007 Memorandum to The Cooper Union Community Beginning early this morning, the Virginia Tech campus experienced a deadly assault by a gunman that resulted, in the words of President … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Thoughts
Tagged Instapundit, Virginia Tech
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