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Born to Politics: Our American Road Trip to Tomorrow
By James Grady - Politics DailyAll politics is personal. There is no magic line between "us" and some "them." We're all in this together and politics is how we get things done. Ever since the Greeks invented the concept of politics as what occurs in our public space, ambitious leaders have claimed that their opponents were "playing politics" and for that reason, we should ... you got it: "Trust me." Right. If someone tells you that politics is the problem and they are a some magic "non-political" solution, hold onto your wallet, hold onto your vote, hold onto your children. I'll leave it to academics to argue over when ...
Obama: Here's Your Change, Sir
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Libya and Iraq: Two Ways of Opposing a Tyrant -- but One Stole the Nation's Pride
By Mark I. Pinsky - Politics DailyThe historic anti-authoritarian, pro-democratic uprisings that have swept across North Africa raise an intriguing and troubling question: Absent American intervention, could a similar movement have unseated Iraq's Saddam Hussein? Communism came to Eastern Europe in the kit bag of the Red Army, according to the old glib-but-accurate gibe. This is essentially how the U.S. military installed democracy in Iraq. Related Stories Obama Says U.S. Military Action Possible in Libya, Authorizes Planes for Airlift It didn't have to be that way. In the wake of Operation ...
Mitch Daniels, Michael Dukakis, George Will and the 'Charisma of Competence'
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyIf columnist George Will really wants to get his friend Mitch Daniels elected president, maybe he should stop talking about "the charisma of competence." Will used the phrase in a praise-laden introduction of the second-term Indiana governor at the Conservative Political Action Conference recently in Washington. He repeated it a few days later at the conclusion of a column devoted to promoting Daniels. Those are very high-profile venues, and perhaps it's true that all publicity is good publicity. But competence has not been a terrific selling point in past presidential races for short ...
Iraqi Boy Killed by Gunmen Aiming for His Father
By not in system - AOL NewsBAGHDAD - A police chief in northern Iraq says the 8-year-old son of a local anti-terrorism chief was killed in a food market by gunmen aiming for his father. Tuz Khormato police chief Col. Hussein Rasheed said Friday that the target of the shooting was the chief of the city's anti-terrorism security squads. The father and two of his other children were wounded in the Thursday night shooting. The gunmen fled. The 8-year-old died of his wounds at a hospital. Tuz Khormato is 130 miles north of Baghdad. ...
3 American Soldiers Killed in Iraq
By not in system - AOL NewsBAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers were killed by an Iraqi trooper who opened fire on them during a training exercise Saturday, raising fresh concerns about Iraq's security forces as the Americans prepare to withdraw from the country by the end of this year. Another soldier was killed Saturday during a military operation in central Iraq, making it one of the deadliest days for U.S. forces in the country in months. A U.S. statement confirmed that two soldiers were killed and one was wounded in northern Iraq but gave no further details. But U.S. and Iraqi officials said the shooting occurred during ...
Katrina Hodge, Former Miss England, Deploys to Afghanistan
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsA former Miss England is ditching her heels for combat boots and preparing to head to battle in Afghanistan. Before she became a beauty queen, Cpl. Katrina Hodge, 24, had already served in Iraq, where she was decorated for her bravery. But after a year of high fashion, world travel and lingerie modeling, she said returning to duty was difficult. "I'm not going to lie, it was hard to come back," Hodge told the Daily Mail in London. "It's definitely a change of lifestyle from having your hair and makeup done every day to being in your combats and having your hair scraped back." PA I ...
Back in Iraq, Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Declares 'We Reject America'
By not in system - AOL NewsNAJAF, Iraq - An anti-American cleric whose militia was once the nemesis of U.S. troops in Iraq said Saturday that his followers were still resisting the U.S. enemy with all means. But Muqtada al-Sadr, now a formidable force in Iraqi politics and not just a militia leader, tempered his fiery words by saying the new Iraqi government should be given a chance to get American forces out of the country in a "suitable" way. In his first speech since returning from almost four years of self-imposed exile in Iran, the 37-year-old cleric whose Shiite militias once battled U.S. troops and terrorized ...
Our Year of Zombie Politics
By James Grady - Politics DailyWait: Even in politics, 2010 was the year of zombies? Sure, the hot new wonky tome "Zombie Economics" tells how "dead" economic theories walk among us to shape our paychecks, and sure, zombies lumber out of our TVs almost no matter what channel we click to, and sure, my fellow fantasy prose-slingers are flinging new novels about the undead at the dust of Stephen King and George Romero, but zombies as a metaphor for 2010's politics? Come on! What happened to vampires? Vampires are a great political metaphor! Bloodsuckers. Say no more. But zombies? Who are they in America's 2010 ...
Stubborn Joblessness Among Vets Darkens US Economy
By Joseph Schuman - AOL NewsDespite the acceleration of U.S. economic growth, the painful grip of unemployment still isn't loosening and remains especially tough for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Labor Department today announced what many in the news media were heralding as good news: First-time claims for unemployment insurance last week fell to a seasonally adjusted 388,000, down 34,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 422,000 and the lowest level since July 2008. John Moore, Getty Images A U.S. Army soldier waits to meet with a potential employer at a September job fair in ...
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