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Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:00 AM

The Dangers of Revisionism: Tom Friedman tries to hide his "very big stick"

Re-writing the history of the Iraq War threatens to suppress the vital lessons that should be learned from it.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Sunday, November 30, 2008 09:01 AM

    re: heru-ur

    He needs to look at the very, very expensive "projection of power" otherwise known as USA military bases all over the world. These things cost money; real money.

    But closing these bases will never happen. And you are constantly going to end up being disappointed.

    Isn't it better to be realistic and work towards minimizing the military as much as possible rather than this kind of Utopian goal that just isn't going to happen?

    —KB4Hire Read KB4Hire's other letters

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