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Implications of the Pletka Purge

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Lee

Roland picks up an interesting piece by Jacob Heilbrunn for the National Interest, describing an ongoing purge of neoconservative intellectuals from the American Enterprise Institute, allegedly instigated by Vice President Danielle Pletka. So far Michael Ledeen and Reuel Marc Gerecht … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Military Matters | Tagged 1990s, 2004, AEI, AEI purge, American Enterprise Institute, anti-semitism, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, conflict resolution, constitutional democracy, cynicism, Danielle Pletka, democracy, diplomacy, Edward Shirley, Egypt, foreign policy, geostrategy, idealism, intellectuals, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jacob Heilbrunn, Joshua Muravchik, just war doctrine, M1 Abrams, machtpolitik, Michael Ledeen, Middle East, military, Muslim, neocons, neoconservatism, neoconservative, November, October, Pletka, Pletka Purge, purge, realism, realpolitiker, Republican establishment, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Richard Nixon, rogue states, Saudi Arabia, security policy, tanks, The National Interest, United States | 2 Comments

Blameless are the Bellicose?

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Lee

(photo: Pavel Trebukov | blog) From the gang who brought you the “because Georgia has invaded its own country we had to attack” rationale for the South Ossetian War, Poland has now apparently “made itself a target” for Russian nuclear … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs | Tagged advocacy, attack, ballistic, ballistic missiles, borders, Boris Yeltsin, frontier war, Georgia, ICBM, international relations, invasion, Iran, militarism, missile defense, nmd, nuclear, nuclear strike, Pavel Trebukov, Poland, propaganda, republics, salvo, security policy, South Ossetia, strike, target, targets, vanity, West | Leave a comment

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