Question of the Day, 10/13/09

If Morgan Stanley, Citibank, Bank of America, AIG, GM, Chrysler, Fannie, and Freddie were each too big to fail, then why aren’t Pakistan…

…and Afghanistan…

…too big to fail?

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Would We Give Afghanistan Back to the Taliban?

Here’s what we know about the Obama perspective on international affairs:

Obama appointees think Karzai’s election in August was a fraud.
Fraud also occurred during the 2004 election, when Karzai was initially elected.
When Obama thinks a government has been removed without an election, he wants the old government to be reinstalled, no matter how poorly that government [...]

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Mullahs for Medicine – A Thought Experiment

Imagine this scenario.
You’re a Blue Dog Democrat from a Midwestern district who got elected in 2006.  You ran on a moderately anti-Iraq War platform, but you kept your national security credentials by saying we needed to do more in Afghanistan.  You won in 2008 by a healthy 8-point margin, but you had a weak opponent, [...]

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