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On Hamas and the presidential campaign.

Update: On cue, Bush compares Democrats to Nazi appeasers in a speech to the Knesset. A question: Does anyone think that an “appeasement” policy that included the following factors

–using Iran’s 2001 cooperation in Afghanistan as leverage for a more robust engagement strategy
–not invading Iraq
–not isolating Syria, thereby forcing it deeper into the Iranian sphere
–aggressively pursuing an energy independence and conservation strategy at home

would have worked any worse than the Bush policies that have led to the strategic aggrandizement of Iran? The man’s arrogant cluelessness is simply astonishing.

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