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| | | | | By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - America has always had a love affair with its generals. It started at the founding of the republic with George Washington and continued with (among others) Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. These military men shared something in common: they were winning generals. Washington in the Revolution; Jackson in the War of 1812; Taylor in the Mexican-American War; Grant in the Civil War; and Ike, of course, in World War II. Americans have always loved a hero in uniform -- when he wins. Yet | |
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| | | | | As we enter the fifth year of our war in Iraq, it's time to do a "rate the players" exercise [...] | |
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| | | | | Words matter, as candidate Barack Obama said in the 2008 election campaign. What to make, then, of President Obama's pep talk last month to U.S. troops in Afghanistan in which he lauded them | |
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| | | The Education Department is being cut in half, and every part of the agency is being hit by the layoffs. | ||
