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New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2011

Stupidity May Be the Answer

By Harlan Ullman

In the late 1930’s with the U.S. economy depressed and the march to world war seemingly irreversible, the great American humorist Will Rogers offered his solution to the dire times: Stupidity got us into this mess, he observed, and perhaps stupidity is the only way out! Taking his wisdom to heart, solutions that conventional wisdom […]

Pakistan

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2011

Qatar admits it had hundreds of troops on ground in Libya

By the Daily Star

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2011

NATO to Lead on Libya Ties, Panetta Says

By Elisabeth Bumiller and Martin Fackler, the New York Times

From Elisabeth Bumiller and Martin Fackler, the New York Times:   Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta declined on Tuesday to say whether the United States would have a future military relationship with Libya and instead said he would take cues from allies in Europe.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2011

NATO delays meeting on ending Libya mission

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

NATOSource

Oct 25, 2011

Spain to pull troops from Libya as soon as NATO’s role ends

By AFP

NATOSource

Oct 25, 2011

NATO issues final Operational Update on Libya

By NATO

NATOSource

Oct 25, 2011

Hayden: Did the Libya Op teach European allies that current levels of defense spending are ‘good enough?’

By Michael Hayden, CNN

NATOSource

Oct 25, 2011

Free Rider no more! – Canada pulls more than its weight in NATO

By Peter Jones, the Ottowa Citizen

From Peter Jones, the Ottowa Citizen:  From the first Gulf War, to Bosnia and Kosovo, to Afghanistan and now to Libya, Canada has carried much more than its share of NATO’s burdens.

NATOSource

Oct 25, 2011

Russia gets NATO ‘nyet’ on missile defense, but Georgia and Ukraine get green light for membership

By Robert Bridge, Russia Today

From Robert Bridge, Russia Today:  NATO officials say they are willing to “cooperate” with Russia in the US missile defense system, while balking on the possibility of building a single system.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Oct 25, 2011

Leaving Iraq a Necessary Risk

By James Joyner

President Obama’s surprise announcement Friday that all US forces would leave Iraq in time to be home for the holidays has been roundly condemned. While there are real concerns about what happens next, there was no better alternative. American Security Project senior fellow Michael Cohen dismisses the critiques as “nakedly partisan talking points masquerading as policy disputes.” In some […]

Iraq