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Entries from February 2006

Debating Terror In Hamas’s Backyard

David Frum wrote on February 28th, 2006 at 12:00 am

I left Iraq just hours before terrorists attacked the al-Askariya mosque in Samarra. My group flew out of the country late at night on a C-130 transport plane, filled with sleepy American soldiers all wearing full combat armour and carrying weapons.
The benches on a C-130 run up and down the sides of the plane,   more

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Pride And Progress

David Frum wrote on February 21st, 2006 at 12:00 am

“We’re not going to shoot our way out of here.” If there is one message the U.S. Army wants a visitor to take away from a tour of Iraq, that’s it. The Pentagon isn’t looking to kill every single terrorist before U.S. soldiers withdraw. Rather, it defines success as completing a transition from a U.S.-led   more

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Conned By Hamas

David Frum wrote on February 14th, 2006 at 12:00 am

Who says terrorism doesn’t pay? Russian President Putin has invited the leaders of Hamas to come visit him in Moscow. Direct talks with France and Turkey are likely to begin soon. Hamas representatives are touring the Arab and Muslim world, including Saudi Arabia, which promised the United States three years ago to stop funding the   more

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America Needs An Oil Change

David Frum wrote on February 7th, 2006 at 12:00 am

“America is addicted to oil.” So said President Bush in this year’s State of the Union. Nice line! Is it true?
Since 1980, the U.S. economy has more than doubled its output, adjusted for inflation.
Over the same period in which the U.S. economy was growing by more than 100%, America’s use of petroleum has   more

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