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- The full text of President Bush’s speech<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Thomas Donnelly on the Bush legacy in foreign policy<\/a> <\/strong>and on Afghanistan<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Vance Serchuk on progress and problems in Afghanistan<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- AEI research on the Iraqi front in the War on Terror<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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So President Bush must need a boost, speaking at a place where he’s bound to be well received – his "base" – The American Enterprise Institute<\/strong>. It was the home for the Neoconservatives during the Clinton years – the Cheneys, Scooter Libby, John Bolton, Laurie Mylroie, Paul Wolfowitz, Michael Ledeen, Newt Gingrich, and a host of lesser luminaries. A place where like-minded people could hang out, draw a pay-check, and scheme together. It was a launching pad for the Project for the New American Century<\/strong> to set up shop in the same building. Why our man in the news, Douglas Feith, gave a rousing speech there, Winning in Iraq<\/strong><\/a>, just a few years back. So it’s a good place for Bush to go get the kind of applause he got during his first four years as President – the kind of applause that he needs to keep his illusions alive. <\/p>\nBut for the most of us, it’s a slap in the face for him to revisit the site where the most outrageous scheme in American history was hatched and nursed into place. It’s just a slap in the face… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Way Forward in Afghanistan In an address hosted by AEI, President George W. Bush discussed progress in the War on Terror, focusing on the front in Afghanistan. He announced a five-point plan to help the young democracy grow and become more stable: increasing the size and capability of the Afghan Security Forces, strengthening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Thomas Donnelly on the Bush legacy in foreign policy<\/a> <\/strong>and on Afghanistan<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n