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A Return of Bipartisanship in Foreign Policy? Well. . .At Least a New Beginning
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What do Howard Baker, Sandy Berger, Zbigniew Brzezinksi, Warren Christopher, John Danforth, Lawrence Eagleburger, Lee Hamilton, Gary Hart, Rita Hauser, Carla Hills, Richard Holbrooke, Nancy Kassebaum Baker, Thomas Kean, Anthony Lake, Robert McFarlane, Donald McHenry, William Perry, Thomas Pickering, Warren Rudman, Theodore Sorensen, and John Whitehead HAVE IN COMMON?
Well, they all agree with TWN that it is possible to put forward a bipartisan national security foreign policy that is not just a lowest common denominator approach.
And they are Advisory Board Members of the nearly newly-launched Partnership for a Secure America that breaks open the champagne next Wednesday, August 3rd.
PSA has been co-founded by Democratic national security staffer and former candidate for Congress Jamie Metzl and long-term Chief of Staff for Senator Richard Lugar Chip Andreae.
One of PSA's projects coincides with the conference I am helping to organize -- "Terrorism, Security, and America's Purpose" -- slated to take place in Washington on September 6 and 7.
We look forward to seeing how PSA develops -- and TWN is proud to provide the first link to its new website.
-- Steve Clemons
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Congratulations to PSA!
Sign me up to be part of the grassroots level of support. PAS can be unique in the geographically-concentrated policy world by being able to tap supporters across the country.
What do they have in common? They are all middle of the road neocons who will put Israel's security above that of the United States.
I hope mangles is not correct, although I suspect he is. The Madrid 11 may well be an appropriate vehicle for recognizing and correcting the neocon bull shit re terrorism is on par w/ bull shit reasons for going to war. At least Spain recognized that and pulled out. And Dr. Pape states that the evidence of the last 20 yrs suggest, once occupying forces withdraw, attacks often stop-on a dime.
A recent reply to an op ed of mine:
I wish to thank Dan Murphy (the rise of jihadi suicide culture) for informing the reader that evidence about “terrorists” exists. While it is true Pape’s evidence shows these attacks are “far from exclusive to Muslims or religious “radicals”, it might have been helpful to let Pape continue:
”The central fact is that the overwhelmingly suicide-terrorist attacks are not driven by religion as much as they are by a clear strategic objective: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland. From Lebanon to Sri Lanka to Chechnya to Kashmir to the West Bank, every major suicide-terrorist campaign – over 95% of all incidents –has had as its central objective to compel a democratic state to withdraw,”
echoing Wayne White’s findings and those of US trained Saudi analyst Nawaf Obaid, Marc Sageman, and others.
Evidence shows the typical suicide bomber to be well educated, married, and secular – religion seems to come after, not before, the decision to wage jihad. The portrayal of the jihadist as some radical lunatic, motivated by sex with umpteen virgins in heaven, is as much a fabrication as are the reason’s we went to war to begin with. And suggest rather than eliminating terrorists, Dr Pape states: “The evidence shows that the presence of American troops is clearly the pivotal factor driving suicide terrorism.” ...“What is happening is that suicide terrorists have been produced by the invasion”.
You mean OTHER than being members of The CFR which is the promotional arm of the Ruling Elite in the United States of America. Most influential politicians, academics and media personalities are members, and it uses its influence to infiltrate the New World Order into American life. Its' "experts" write scholarly pieces to be used in decision making, the academics expound on the wisdom of a united world, and the media members disseminate the message.
From a brief look, the main thing these people have in common is being UN LOVERS, in a bipartisan way. Holbrooke is the UN's de facto defense attorney in the USA. Sorenson's wife Gillian is longtime UN pr lady. Seems a like warmed over CFR, Trilateralist with a smattering og Bilderburger thrown in. Old soup.
Howard Baker, Sandy Berger, Zbigniew Brzezinksi, Warren Christopher, John Danforth, Lawrence Eagleburger, Lee Hamilton, Gary Hart, Rita Hauser, Carla Hills, Richard Holbrooke, Nancy Kassebaum Baker, Thomas Kean, Anthony Lake, Robert McFarlane, Donald McHenry, William Perry, Thomas Pickering, Warren Rudman, Theodore Sorensen, and John Whitehead
Newt Gingrich: he wants to strenghten the UN and make it more effective. Not my cup of tea.
someone inform the RNC. maybe mehlman could stop trying to taint the jury pool in the spirit of bi partisanship.
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