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Is Leon Panetta a good choice to head the CIA? (12 quotes)

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Wall Street Journal

Yes

Barack Obama's choice of former Congressman Leon Panetta to lead the CIA at least puts a grownup, if also an intelligence rookie, in that crucial job. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 6th, 2009

Wall Street Journal

Yes

It also means that Mr. Panetta and Director of National Intelligence-designate Dennis Blair will soon have to decide if they want to join the left-wing crusade to purge their agencies of anyone who had anything to do with "torture." Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 6th, 2009

Politics

Will Israel be succesful in its attempts to destabilize Hamas? (8 quotes)

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Max Boot

General Comments

There is little doubt that Israel is morally justified in its offensive against Hamas. No nation can sit by and allow its territory to be rocketed with impunity. Not if it wants to remain a nation for long. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 5th, 2009

Max Boot

No

But even as Israeli troops push into Gaza following a week of air strikes, it seems highly unlikely that they will be able to decisively defeat the terrorist organization on their southern border. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 5th, 2009

Max Boot

No

Achieving total victory would require waging war in the way that America fought Germany and Japan -- all out and on many fronts until the enemy has no more capacity to resist. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 5th, 2009

Politics

Is Hillary Clinton ready to take on the Israel/Gaza issue? (14 quotes)

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Charles Krauthammer

General Comments

Some geopolitical conflicts are morally complicated. The Israel-Gaza war is not. It possesses a moral clarity not only rare but excruciating. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 3rd, 2009

Bret Stephens

General Comments

If only it were a parable, the endless confrontation between Israel and its enemies would be the case of the hedgehog and the fox. The fox, said the Greek poet Archilochus, knows many things, while the hedgehog knows one big thing. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 3rd, 2009

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What will be the legacy of the Bush administration? (9 quotes)

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Wall Street Journal

the rift within the conservative bloc

But the debacle of the last two election cycles, coupled with an increasingly erratic set of policy choices by the Bush White House, is finally prompting a mini-revolt. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 2nd, 2009

Wall Street Journal

the rift within the conservative bloc

Even more significantly, the RNC's vice chairman and other officials are sponsoring a resolution that will oppose the Bush White House's support of seemingly bottomless bailouts for Wall Street and the auto industry. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 2nd, 2009

Peter Kirsanow

Other

The loyalty inspired by President Bush among White House staff — described in Byron York's piece — extends far beyond the confines of the White House, encompassing some of the furthest reaches of the administration. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 2nd, 2009

Peter Kirsanow

Other

For example, when I lived near Quantico for awhile, I encountered a sizeable contingent of no-nonsense square-jawed heirs to Chesty Puller who didn't take kindly to disparaging comments about this particular commander-in- chief. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 2nd, 2009

Byron York

General Comments

George W. Bush leaves office with a job-approval rating that once soared to historic highs, then fell slowly but steadily for five years before settling, in the last couple of years, into lows that no president has ever experienced for so long. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 2nd, 2009

Byron York

the rift within the conservative bloc

The president’s final Gallup approval rating of 2008 is 28 percent; a number like that means some core Republicans don’t approve of Bush’s performance, and even among the many in the GOP who still approve, there are a number who are ready to see the president go. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 2nd, 2009

Frank Rich

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He is not a memorable villain so much as a sometimes affable second banana whom Josh Brolin and Will Ferrell can nail without breaking a sweat. He’s the reckless Yalie Tom Buchanan, not Gatsby. He is smaller than life. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 5th, 2009

Frank Rich

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He is being forgotten already, even if he’s not yet gone. You start to pity him until you remember how vast the wreckage is. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 5th, 2009

Frank Rich

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The one indisputable talent of his White House was its ability to create and sell propaganda both to the public and the press. Now that bag of tricks is empty as well. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 5th, 2009

Politics

What should President-elect Obama focus on immediately upon taking office? (19 quotes)

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Thomas Frank

Preparing the US for a worsening economy

But by and large the free-market medicine men seem determined to learn nothing from this awful year. Instead they repeat their incantations and retreat deeper into their dogma, generating endless schemes in which government is to blame, Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 1st, 2009

John Bolton

Iraq and Afghanistan

While Iraq was Mr. Obama's focal point in the campaign, the biggest problem ahead is countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 1st, 2009

John Bolton

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Given Mr. Bush's recent record, continuity between the two presidencies is hardly reassuring. And where Mr. Obama differs with Mr. Bush, he is only more accommodating to the intractable rogues running Pyongyang and Tehran. This is decidedly bad news. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 1st, 2009

John Bolton

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Mr. Obama's handling of the rogue states will -- at best -- continue the Bush policies, which failed to stop nuclear proliferation. Get ready for a dangerous ride. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 1st, 2009

Senator Judd Gregg

A stimulus package

Although I hold out little hope that my Democratic colleagues in the House will take heed of my thoughts, I am hopeful that there are a few folks about to embark on the leadership of our country who are eager to learn from our mistakes. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 5th, 2009

Senator Judd Gregg

A stimulus package

If President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress want to implement a stimulus package that could reach nearly $1 trillion, they should consider a few rules that would ensure such a grand effort will actually help the country get back on its economic feet rather than create more problems. Read the Article

Quoted by mango on Jan. 5th, 2009

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