Made in America? Perhaps, But We’re All in This Together

Judah speculated about how European “outrage” over the U.S. financial crisis may affect the Afghanistan mission. John McCain and Barack Obama have milked the “main street vs. Wall Street” narrative for political gain (never mind the significant contribution of main streeters who got in over their heads), so it is no surprise that European politicians are eager to point the finger across the pond, even if, for example, no one forced the European banks that are now in trouble to invest in the toxic securities that are now on their balance sheets. Angela Merkel sharply criticized the U.S. House of […]

Bob Gates for President

I know he’s got an awfully long and crowded bandwagon these days, but the thought occurred to me the other day that one of America’s great strengths is that it can produce men like Secretary of Defense Bob Gates. Here’s a speech he gave at the National Defense University the other day that’s worth reading in its entirety for the lucidity with which he treats the challenges facing American hard power and how to respond to them. But maybe what’s more striking than the lucidity is the reassuring logic and, above all, lack of hysteria: The defining principle driving our […]

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