Tuesday, October 7, 2008
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Martin Kramer: America's interests: a bedside briefing - '...Thank you for the White House invitation, Mr. President. You don’t know how much I appreciate this appointment as your advisor -- my talents were wasting away in that think tank. You’ve asked me to give you a ten-minute briefing on our interests in the Middle East, in a way even a community organizer or small-town mayor or U.S. senator can understand. You’ve asked for an unvarnished telling -- no lipstick. No problem. Here’s what you need to know...'