Foreign Policy News and Commentary Updtate November 11, 2007

BUSH'S OLD WORLD DISORDER - SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL (SALON, NOVEMBER 8): http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/11/08/musharraf_bush/

CONDI EARNS C MINUS - JOHN MERCURIO (NEWSMAX, NOVEMBER 8): http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/rice_grade_c_minus/2007/11/08/47950.html

HOW TO WIN THE WAR OF IDEAS - ROBERT SATLOFF (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 10): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/09/AR2007110901897_pf.html

KAREN HUGHES' IMPOSSIBLE MISSION - (ALAN BOCK'S BLOG: ALAN BOCK'S BLOG, WRITER FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, AND AUTHOR OF WAITING TO INHALE, AND AMBUSH AT RUBY RIDGE):
http://alanbock.blogspot.com/2007/11/karen-hughes-impossible-mission.html

FINISHING THE JOB IN AFGHANISTAN - HANS BINNENDIJK (WALL STREET JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 10):
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119465092072888517.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
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A NEW APPROACH TO PAKISTAN - JOE BIDEN (REAL CLEAR POLITICS, NOVEMBER 8): http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/11/a_new_approach_to_pakistan.html

LEFT COAST: PAKISTAN: THE CASE FOR RADICAL FOREIGN POLICY - KAI STINCHCOMBE (STANFORD DAILY, NOVEMBER 8): http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/11/8/leftCoastPakistanTheCaseForRadicalForeignPolicy

MUSLIM WORLD: CURE FOR MIDDLE EAST - SPENCER HIGLEY, EDMONDS (ONLINE-ONLY LETTERS, SEATTLE TIMES, NOVEMBER 8): The most effective way to improve our image would be to stop supporting the tyranny of Israel. Instead of spending millions for the efforts of Ms. Hughes' organization, we could save the $3 billion a year given to Israel.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2004000455_weblets08.html

GALLUP: BUSH FINALLY TOPS NIXON -- IN UNPOPULARITY -- AS CALL FOR IRAQ PULLOUT HITS NEW PEAK? DOUG (FREE EXPRESSION, DENNIS KUSINICH, NOVEMBER 10): http://free--expression.blogspot.com/2007/11/gallup-bush-finally-tops-nixon-in.html

SMART POWER (POLITICAL SPIN REMOVAL: CONFRONTING US POLITICS WITH REASON AND EVIDENCE STOPS THE SPIN LONG ENOUGH TO REVEAL PRINCIPLES AND VALUES, NOVEMBER 8): The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) http://political-innocence.blogspot.com/2007/11/smart-power.html

AMERICANS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE AS THUGS - RAMI G. KHOURI, DAILY STAR (POSTED BY HUBRIS IN BUTLERDEMBLOG: THE BLOG OF THE BUTLER COUNTY DEMOCRATS FOR CHANGE (DPAC), NOVEMBER 10): http://butlerdemblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/middle-east-view-of-us.html

REBEL DIPLOMATS - FRED GEDRICH (NEW YORK POST, NOVEMBER 8): http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/11082007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/rebel_diplomats_242214.htm

'THIS PRETTY MUCH KILLS THE IRAN DEMOCRACY PROGRAM' - ELI LAKE (NEW YORK SUN, NOVEMBER 8): http://www.nysun.com/article/66065

FAILED DIPLOMACY THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, NOVEMBER 8: http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2007/11/failed-diplomacy.html

AND ANOTHER ONE... - CLAUDE SALHANI (KHALEEJ TIMES ONLINE, NOVEMBER 8):
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2007/November/opinion_November25.xml§ion=opinion&col=


BUSH RATES POORLY IN SURVEY WHILE PUTIN GAINS STATUS - JULIE CHAZYN (INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, NOVEMBER 10): http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/08/america/poll.php

LESSONS FROM 'GHANZI PROVINCE' - SARAH HOLEWINSKI (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 10): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/09/AR2007110901896_pf.html

THE EXPAT LIFE: THE FREEDOM ABROAD TO TRY A NEW TUNE - ALAN PAUL (WALL STREET JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 9):
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB119452109287886425.html
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NOTES FROM ITALY: THE OVERSIZED EMBASSY - PETER BRIDGES (CALIFORNIA LITERARY REVIEW, NOVEMBER 6): http://calitreview.com/2007/11/06/notes-from-italy-the-oversized-embassy/

GREAT MONEY AND PERKS. COME TO IRAQ - MARK KUKIS TIME, NOVEMBER 5):
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1680730,00.html

MEMO TO U.S. DIPLOMATS: COME AND JOIN US - SILVIA SPRING (NEWSWEEK, NOVEMBER 5): http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/checkpointbaghdad/archive/2007/11/05/memo-to-u-s-diplomats-come-and-join-us.aspx?print=true

REPORT: 14 PERCENT OF IRAQIS NOW DISPLACED - MCCLATCHY NEWS SERVICE (MIAMI HERALD, NOVEMBER 7): http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/298482.html

OFFICIALS CITE RETURN OF IRAQIS TO BAGHDAD AS VIOLENCE DECLINES - AMIT R. PALEY (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 8): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/07/AR2007110700516_pf.html

BLACKWATER'S IMPUNITY: NEITHER IRAQI NOR U.S. LAWS APPLY TO ITS CONTRACTORS, SO A CONTROVERSIAL SHOOTING MAY GO UNPUNISHED EDITORIAL (LOS ANGELES TIMES, NOVEMBER 9)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-blackwater9nov09,0,7007988.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail

HOW THEY DID IT: EXECUTING THE WINNING STRATEGY IN IRAQ - KIMBERLY KAGAN (WEEKLY STANDARD, NOVEMBER 19)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/346ydlgo.asp

2007 IS THE DEADLIEST YEAR FOR U.S. IN AFGHANISTAN - (ASSOCIATED PRESS, NOVEMBER 10)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8dGftYb0s4XWdUMRdIVs3vh1CKAD8SQO7TG0

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. MUSHARRAF - ROGER COHEN (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 8): http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/opinion/08cohen.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

NEWS ANALYSIS: U.S. STRATEGY FOR PAKISTAN LOOKS MORE FRAGILE - HELENE COOPER (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 10): .
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/world/asia/10policy.html?pagewanted=print

PAKISTAN ON THE BRINK - DIANA WEST (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 9): http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071109/EDITORIAL04/111090004/1013&template=printart

PAKISTANIS SAY NO - HUSAIN HAQQANI (WALL STREET JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 8): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119448824223686039.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
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PAKISTAN'S PLAN B DEFICIENCY: LIKE ITS ALLIANCE WITH THE SHAH, THE U.S. IS RELYING TOO HEAVILY ON MUSHARRAF -- AND IT ISN'T WORKING - GARY SICK (LOS ANGELES TIMES, NOVEMBER 10)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-sick10nov10,0,5730349.story?coll=la-opinion-center


THOSE NUCLEAR FLASHPOINTS ARE MADE IN PAKISTAN - DOUGLAS FRANTZ AND CATHERINE COLLINS (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 11): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/07/AR2007110702280_pf.html

MUSHARRAF'S LATEST PLEDGE ? EDITORIAL (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 9): http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071109/EDITORIAL/111090006/1013

ROSES AND REALITY IN GEORGIA EDITORIAL (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 10): http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/opinion/10sat3.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

THE BUSH-BIDEN DOCTRINE REVIEW & OUTLOOK (WALL STREET JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 10): .
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119465047372288510.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
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GATHERING STORM EDITORIAL (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 8): http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/opinion/08thu2.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

AN INDIA-U.S. ALLIANCE? - AUSTIN BAY (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 9): http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071109/COMMENTARY/111090015/1012&template=printart

AMERICA FEELS L'AMOUR - TOBIN HARSHAW (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 8):
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/america-feels-lamour/index.html?ref=opinion

SARKOZY MUST AVOID BLAIR'S MISTAKES' EDITORIAL (FINANCIAL TIMES, NOVEMBER 10): http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1397bcc4-8efd-11dc-87ee-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1

THE FRENCH CONNECTION: NICOLAS SARKOZY'S CHEERY U.S. VISIT HAS THE PRESS HOWLING THAT HE'S BUSH'S NEW LAP DOG -- MAYBE EVEN IF IT COMES TO HITTING IRAN - GREGOR PETER SCHMITZ (SALON, NOVEMBER 8)
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/08/sarkozy/print.html

BY POPULAR DEMAND: OLIVIER'S DINNER REPORT ? (BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL, NOVEMBER 7): http://blogs.chron.com/beltwayconfidential/2007/11/by_popular_demand_oliviers_din_1.html

TORTURE IS ALWAYS WRONG - THOMAS G. BOHLIN, MONSIGNOR, U.S. VICAR OF OPUS DEI (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 8)
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/thomas_g_bohlin/2007/11/torture_is_always_wrong.html

TORTURED VALUES, TORTURED LOGIC - C. WELTON GADDY (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER): .
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/c_welton_gaddy/2007/11/tortured_values_tortured_logic.html

WE HAVE WAYS...THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO DISAVOW TORTURE -- AND TO OFFICIALIZE ITS PRACTICE - JAMES BOVARD (AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE, NOVEMBER 5)
http://www.amconmag.com/2007/2007_11_05/article3.html

TORTURE: THE NEW ABORTION: THE LEGALITY OF TORTURE TAKES OVER AS THE POLITICAL LITMUS TEST IN CAMPAIGNS AND CONFIRMATION HEARINGS - ROSA BROOKS (LOS ANGELES TIMES, NOVEMBER 8): http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-brooks8nov08,0,3791179.column?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

WATERBOARDING IS NOT SIMULATED DROWNING -- IT IS DROWNING: A FORMER INSTRUCTOR AT THE SCHOOL DESIGNED TO TEACH U.S. SOLDIERS HOW TO RESIST TORTURE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST THE "TERRIFYING, PAINFUL" TECHNIQUE ? (SALON, NOVEMBER 9): This is the full statement Malcom W. Nance prepared for his testimony at a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on Thursday, Nov. 8.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/09/nance/

HOW CHENEY TOOK CONTROL OF BUSH'S FOREIGN POLICY: THE NEW VEEP INSTALLED CRONY DON RUMSFELD AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, AND WOULD'VE WON PAUL WOLFOWITZ THE TOP POST AT CIA -- IF NOT FOR WOLFOWITZ'S ZIPPER PROBLEM - CRAIG UNGER (SALON, NOVEMBER 9)
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/11/09/house_of_bush_3/print.html

RICE'S MANAGEMENT AT ISSUE: CRITICS CITE BLACKWATER, BAGHDAD EMBASSY AND PASSPORTS - GLENN KESSLER (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 10): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/09/AR2007110902450_pf.html