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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 ::

NYT Knocks Troop Withdrawl: Will Strain "Crucial Alliances"

"The troop redeployment plan announced yesterday by President Bush makes little long-term strategic sense. It is certain to strain crucial alliances, increase overall costs and dangerously weaken deterrence on the Korean peninsula at the worst possible moment. Meanwhile, it will do nothing to address the military's most pressing current need: relieving the chronic strain on ground forces that has resulted from failing to anticipate the long, and largely unilateral, American occupation of Iraq.

"makes little long-term strategic sense...is certain to strain crucial alliances"?! Are these guys living under a rock?

The venerable Times, the "old Gray Lady" has obviously become punch-drunk from the relentless neocon bitch-slapping she's been subjected to for the last three and a half years. Having fallen for yet another Bush rope-a-dope, she's gone all wobbly legged--she's not out of the ring yet--but with such a predictable, superficial assesment as this, one wonders if she's not going down for the count. Kind of sad to see the champ take such a brutal pummeling.

In case you missed it, here's a replay of that last left hook.

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