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| Nationalism in the year of the Olympics |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 11:57 pm |
| also result in a climactic surge of Chinese nationalist sentiment. However, these effects are all psychological. In reality, we can add another perspective from history: seldom has any country experienced fundamental changes in its political system, economic development, or diplomatic relations as a result of hosting the Olympic Games. Host |
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| Bruce Lee (29 photos) |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 11:08 pm |
| Tags: Celebrities |
| and sparked the first major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world as well. Lee became an iconic figure particularly to the Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese national pride and Chinese nationalism |
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| McCain: We won the Iraqi civil war |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 11:00 pm |
| Tags: John Mccain, Iraq, Barack Obama |
| judgment for opposing the "surge" - implying somehow that the US has won the sectarian civil war by placing more troops in the middle of it. What we won is left unclear, but whatever it is McCain is keen to take the credit. Speaking to Hispanic vets on Friday in Colorado, however, McCain moved beyond mere vaunting to full mouth frothing. In |
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| "Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 9:15 pm |
| security even without the surge," McCain responded by falsely claiming that the surge "began the Anbar awakening." In fact, the Anbar awakening began before the surge. But rather than air McCain's factually incorrect response, and tell viewers that McCain was wrong, CBS replaced his answer to Couric's question with three separate |
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| McCain: 'Audacity of hopelessness' |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 8:53 pm |
| Tags: John Mccain, Obama, Politics, White House 2008 |
| Obama's opposition to the surge of U.S. military forces in Iraq. It came in a speech the senator from Arizona delivered to the American GI Forum in Denver today. Fortunately, Senator Obama failed, not our military. We rejected the audacity of hopelessness, and we were right. Violence in Iraq fell to such low levels for such a long time that |
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| Former Iraqi PM: Surge Not So Hot |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 8:41 pm |
| Tags: News |
| At a briefing to members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi rattled off a laundry list of perils that still confront the country -- internal displacement of large numbers of people, millions of refugees outside Iraq, security forces he described as sectarian militias dressed in national uniforms, and |
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| The Surge and the Election |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 4:11 pm |
| Earlier this week, Jonah argued that the success of the surge reduces McCain's chances. I think he's right, and have made it my Washington Post topic today. |
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| There’s Nothing Better To Cure What Ail’s Ya’ Than A Series With The Royals |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 3:39 pm |
| Tags: Site Information |
| that they can continue to surge up the standings. |
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| NY Times article reported on McCain surge falsehood but not CBS' role in disappearing it |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 3:22 pm |
| which became known as the surge. (No less an authority than Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq, testified before Congress this spring that the Awakening "started before the surge, but then was very much enabled by the surge.") In a statement reported by The Washington Post on July 24, CBS News now acknowledges that it |
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| Johnny doesn't know |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 3:03 pm |
| doesn't know what the "surge" is.* John McCain doesn't know who is training Al Qaeda.* John McCain doesn't know the difference between Shiites and Sunnis.* John McCain doesn't know which NFL team's starting offensive line he gave to those interrogating him while a POW in Vietnam.* John McCain doesn't know what makes bridges collapse.* John |
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| Why Isn’t McCain on the Offensive? |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 2:49 pm |
| Tags: Current News, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, John Mccain, Nancy Pelosi, President Bush |
| the fact he opposed the surge in Iraq. Now, along with a herd of media, Obama must admit the surge is working or more fitting worked. Stabilization has been brought to Iraq, although that state could be altered at any moment, thousands of Al Qaeda holy warriors are dead, nearly nutralizing the terror group. Obama has also been reworking his |
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| Iraqis Kicked Out Of The Olympics |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 1:26 pm |
| Tags: General, Politics, Ioc, Iraq, Olympics |
| So do we now need a sports surge to get them back into line? Send an army of Nike PR flacks to Iraq to win the war against the IOC insurgents on the ground? Iraqi Teams Banned From Olympics Just two weeks before the start of the Olympics, Iraq was told Thursday it’s not welcome in [...] |
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| McCain Team Energy Update |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 12:10 pm |
| Tags: Alternative Energy Resources, Newsweek Blogitics, Oil, John Mccain, 2008 Elections, Energy, Politics |
| the equivalent of “the surge” on our energy challenges. On the issue of nuclear power: Safe, clean energy which can be built on existing sites, expanding them, rather than only building on new sites. Here’s a portion of the Q&A segment: A question from Ed Morrissey: Will McCain change his mind on drilling in ANWR? Not at |
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| David Frum on Obama's Berlin Speech: Mixed metaphors and soggy logic |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 11:06 am |
| Tags: David Frum |
| this war to a close. The insurgency in Iraq was launched not by the United States, but by Baathists and al-Qaeda. If that war is coming to an end, it is because the atrocities of the terrorists alienated former supporters and because the surge of American military power inside Iraq has hunted and harried the terrorists almost to |
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| McCain Digs In |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 11:04 am |
| to acknowledge that the surge has worked, who has consistently opposed it, consistently never sat down and had a briefing with General Petraeus, our commander there, would rather lose a war than a political campaign. Nate Silver comments: This is not wholly different from what McCain told voters in New Hampshire, or told Katie Couric. But |
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