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New Doctrine?
April 29, 2011
Obama may be moving toward something resembling a doctrine. One of his advisers described the president's actions in Libya as 'leading from behind.' ~ Ryan Lizza, the New Yorker, May 2 issue
In an op-ed yesterday, Charles Krauthammer wrote: "To be precise, leading from behind is a style, not a doctrine.
Potatoe--potahto, tomatoe--tomahto (doctrine--style), frankly, it's all means the same to me. However, the one thing we can agree on is that "leading from behind" is just another way of saying horse's ass.
[Posted by R.S.]
Notable Quotables
"Mr. Netanyahu is one of the most media-savvy politicians on the planet. On Friday he appeared live via video link on 'Real Time with Bill Maher,' taking the host’s alternately sardonic and serious line of questioning with gazelle-like alacrity."
~ Anthony Grant, jourrnalist who has written for many major newspapers and worked in television at Paris and Tel Aviv, interviewing former PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, at the outset of Mr. Netanyahu's new book (more here).
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