Palin’s Debate ‘Gaffes’
Matt Yglesias snarks, A lot of people are wondering who the “McClellan” character was that Sarah Palin was referring to, with many guessing that she’s been consulting long-dead failed Civil War General George McClellan for advice on Afghanistan. But another colleague suggested that she’s mentally combined General McKiernan, the commanding officer in Afghanistan, and David Kilcullen into a single ten-foot tall ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 3, 2008 09:38
North Korean Talks Not Dead
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has rejected claims that talks with North Korea about dismantling its nuclear program are in trouble, saying that they are “by no means dead”: NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday that North Korea's actions to reactivate its nuclear plant did not mean an end to six-party nuclear talks ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 24, 2008 11:42
Building While Bailing (Updated)
David Kay, former U. N. weapons inspector, has an op-ed in the Washington Post on the Iranian nuclear development program which I take as a veiled campaign advertisement for John McCain. In the op-ed Dr. Kay's assessments are that, judging by the known knowns, Iran is likely to have a nuclear weapon in two to four years. Taking ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 8, 2008 11:23
