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	<title>Centerblue.org &#187; Foreign Policy</title>
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	<description>Center-left commentary for a world in trouble</description>
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		<title>On the need for Obama to talk with Iran</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/357/on-the-need-for-obama-to-talk-with-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/357/on-the-need-for-obama-to-talk-with-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2008/06/20/on-the-need-for-obama-to-talk-with-iran/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Neocons are fond of screaming that Obama saying he would simply talk with our enemies is a serious error that amounts to appeasement. They often cite the Kennedy/Kruschev summit as an example, which they claim emboldened the USSR and led to the rise of the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis (they fail to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The great Bait and Switch</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/317/the-great-bait-and-switch/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/317/the-great-bait-and-switch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[al-maliki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petraus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US-Congress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/09/11/the-great-bait-and-switch/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The remnants of Bush&#8217;s remaining Iraq policy are now becoming clear: &#8220;six more months,&#8221; &#8220;six more months&#8221; until he&#8217;s out of office and can pass this unmitigated fiasco to some other sucker. Only six more months until things REALLY get better..just a few more months until we can DRAW DOWN those troops! Draw them down, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The pinnacle of failure</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/313/the-pinnacle-of-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/313/the-pinnacle-of-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle-east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palestinians]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/06/18/the-pinnacle-of-failure/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If ever there was an event that showcased the complete and utter failure of anything Bush touches, it is the pinnacle of failure represented by the coup in Gaza last week. For those unaware, the radical Hamas Palestinian faction kicked out their more moderate Fatah governing brethren out of Gaza and essentially set themselves up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putin&#8217;s scathing criticism is dead on</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/289/putins-scathing-criticism-is-dead-on/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/289/putins-scathing-criticism-is-dead-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[putin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/02/11/putins-scathing-criticism-is-dead-on/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I hate when other nations speak badly of America just like any other red-blooded American&#8211;but you have to call a spade a spade. There is no question that this nation&#8217;s irresponsible use of military force in the last few years has caused great damage to our reputation and made the world a much more dangerous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The disaster of Russia as an energy supplier (and what it bodes for the US)</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/267/the-disaster-of-russia-as-an-energy-supplier-and-what-it-bodes-for-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/267/the-disaster-of-russia-as-an-energy-supplier-and-what-it-bodes-for-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy/Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belarus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gazprom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural-gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petroleum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pipelines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ukraine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/01/08/the-disaster-of-russia-as-an-energy-supplier-and-what-it-bodes-for-the-us/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Europeans must be getting really worried that they have become so heavily reliant on a thug state for their present and future energy needs. Russia is using tactics for extracting higher prices from its neighbors that would make Stalin proud, forcing nearby states to retaliate&#8211;and the whole thing is becoming a major nightmare for Europe. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush doesn&#8217;t like Iraq Study Group report</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/255/bush-doesnt-like-iraq-study-group-report/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/255/bush-doesnt-like-iraq-study-group-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iran]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[syria]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/12/08/bush-doesnt-like-iraq-study-group-report/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ink is barely dry on the Iraq Study Group&#8217;s report and Bush is already pooh-poohing parts of the report he doesn&#8217;t like while cherry-picking the parts that he does. He prefers instead to stick with his grandiose vision of spreading democracy in the Middle East, a desire called unrealistic and naive by the report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain plays stooge to Bush on North Korea</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/214/mccain-plays-stooge-to-bush-on-north-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/214/mccain-plays-stooge-to-bush-on-north-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[north-korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/10/11/mccain-plays-stooge-to-bush-on-north-korea/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Doesn&#8217;t John McCain have anything better to do than play stooge for Bush by trying to blame the Clinton administration for the North Korea nuclear fiasco? North Korea has been on Bush&#8217;s watch for SIX YEARS. It was Bush who put North Korea (and Iran) on the defensive by branding it part of the Axis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea tests nuke while US bogged down in no-WMD Iraq</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/213/north-korea-tests-nuke-while-us-bogged-down-in-no-wmd-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/213/north-korea-tests-nuke-while-us-bogged-down-in-no-wmd-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[north-korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear-bomb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear-proliferation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/10/09/north-korea-tests-nuke-while-us-bogged-down-in-no-wmd-iraq/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As if the entire Iraq adventure weren&#8217;t enough of a fiasco, word comes that North Korea has successfully tested its first nuclear weapon. This comes while the US is tied down militarily in Iraq and therefore unable to exert any kind of significant pressure. So instead of focusing on North Korea that was known to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IAEA: US report on Iran &#8220;dishonest&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/184/iaea-us-report-on-iran-dishonest/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/184/iaea-us-report-on-iran-dishonest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iaea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear-proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[united-nations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/09/15/iaea-us-report-on-iran-dishonest/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Directly related to the previous post about attacking Iran, the UN International Atomic Energy Agency is claiming that a report on Iran recently completed by US House of Representatives committee is &#8220;dishonest&#8221; about Iran&#8217;s intent to develop nuclear weapons. The dispute centers around the report&#8217;s claim that Iran is making weapons-grade uranium at an enrichment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tehran Calculus</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/183/the-tehran-calculus/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/183/the-tehran-calculus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[krauthammer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear-proliferation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/09/15/the-tehran-calculus/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t usually think much of Charles Krauthammer&#8217;s writing, as I often think he&#8217;s just a right-wing blowhard. Today, however, he has a compelling column about the Iran situation. He discusses what comes next for Iran given its continuing intransigence in nuclear weapons negotiations. He uses stark language to describe why an attack against Iran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like a rock in a tin can</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/162/like-a-rock-in-a-tin-can/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/162/like-a-rock-in-a-tin-can/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear-proliferation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/08/31/like-a-rock-in-a-tin-can/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bush is sounding like an impotent rock in a tin can, threatening Iran by saying there &#8220;must be consequences&#8221; for Iran&#8217;s &#8220;defiance and delay&#8221; to demands it stop enriching uranium. Bush seems to forget that you actually need to hold some cards in your hand if you&#8217;re going to bluff. What cards does he hold? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top ten reasons why liberals are better than conservatives</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/159/top-ten-reasons-why-liberals-are-better-than-conservatives/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/159/top-ten-reasons-why-liberals-are-better-than-conservatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/08/29/top-ten-reasons-why-liberals-are-better-than-conservatives/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago I read an excellent article that made the argument that conservatives had successfully made a bad word out of the term &#8220;liberal&#8221; over the course of the past thirty-plus years&#8211;despite the fact that liberalism was responsible for many of our societal advances in the mid-20th century. The article argued that it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for US to face reality of Iraq civil war</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/150/time-for-us-to-face-reality-of-iraq-civil-war/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/150/time-for-us-to-face-reality-of-iraq-civil-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil-war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/08/20/time-for-us-to-face-reality-of-iraq-civil-war/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post has a lengthy article today, written by policy wonks from Georgetown University and the Brookings Institution, that urges the United States to lift the veil from its eyes and see the Iraq problem for what it really is: a civil war. Gone are the days for the flowery rhetoric about spreading democracy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victory Is Defeat, Defeat Is Victory</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/136/victory-is-defeat-defeat-is-victory/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/136/victory-is-defeat-defeat-is-victory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cease-fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hezbollah]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/08/14/victory-is-defeat-defeat-is-victory/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hezbollah is claiming victory over its nemesis in the wake of the recently announced Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire. But wait&#8211;Bush says Israel won, and I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ll hear the spin from Israel soon enough. Who&#8217;s right in claiming victory, who&#8217;s wrong? They&#8217;re all wrong. Israel is wrong because it has suffered a huge loss of face in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World powers agree on Lebanon cease-fire</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/130/world-powers-agree-on-lebanon-cease-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/130/world-powers-agree-on-lebanon-cease-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/08/11/world-powers-agree-on-lebanon-cease-fire/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally, the UN Security Council has voted unanimously on a cease-fire resolution that would stop the violence and destruction in Lebanon. Under the terms of the agreement, the UN would deploy 15,000 international troops that would be authorized to use force to keep the peace, and would be deployed simultaneously with Israel&#8217;s withdrawal so as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US criticizes Israeli plan to expand Lebanon offensive</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/124/us-criticizes-israeli-plan-to-expand-lebanon-offensive/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/124/us-criticizes-israeli-plan-to-expand-lebanon-offensive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/08/09/us-criticizes-israeli-plan-to-expand-lebanon-offensive/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US criticized Israel for planning to expand its Lebanon offensive in the wake of Israel&#8217;s cabinet approving such a move. The Israeli escalation was unwelcome given the efforts to iron out a United Nations resolution that would broker a cease-fire. &#8220;We are working hard now to bridge differences between the United States position and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We can&#8217;t stop Iraqi civil war</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/122/we-cant-stop-iraqi-civil-war/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/122/we-cant-stop-iraqi-civil-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq-civil-war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kurds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[muslim]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harold Meyerson makes some good points in his recent column questioning what the US role is in a country devolving toward civil war. His points demonstrate the empty rhetoric inherent in the &#8220;stay the course&#8221; mantra. First, our presence there is not stopping a civil war. It&#8217;s happening anyway. Bush&#8217;s claim that there is no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US disappointed by Israel</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/102/us-disappointed-by-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/102/us-disappointed-by-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War and Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hezbollah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lebanon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Krauthammer, who has apparently recovered from his encounter with rabies, has a much more rational column this week explaining how Israel&#8217;s approach to the conflict in Lebanon is straining relations with the US. Israel has laid it all on the line in this campaign to &#8220;de-fang&#8221; Hezbollah. It has painted itself into a corner [...]]]></description>
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