Links to Better for America that Petraeus does CENTCOM instead of EUCOM:
+ Andrew Sullivan
+ SWJ Blog x2
+ Left Flank
+ New Wars
+ Cobb
+ Headline Junky
+ Danger Room
+ Consul-At-Arms
+ Outside the Beltway linked How I would welcome a McCain presidency, agreeing that Clinton or Obama would probably not be a protectionistic as President as their current pandering.
+ OTB got linked by VOT3R and The Ruckus (a Newsweek weblog).
+ Fabius Maximus called Tom a 'cold-blooded Machiavellian', though I'm not sure that was meant as an insult.
+ PurpleSlog called it a cheap shot and discussed the SysAdmin some more.
+ THE LAND OF THE FREE quoted PNM.
+ Todd McLauchlin lists this weblog as a must read.
+ gmgDesign linked The Chinese are everywhere!
+ Vinay Gupta linked Robbing Peter's meal to gas Paul's car.
+ Esper embedded the YouTube video.
+ War Is Boring linked the GOOD article.
+ Petraeus Named to Head All U.S. Forces in Middle East mentioned Tom's Esquire article on Fallon.
+ So did US Top Iraq Commander Assumes Centcom.
+ So did Adam Kokesh.
Links to/embeds of the TED video:
+ Bruce Lays it Out Good B.L.O.G.
+ Serious Games Tumblr
+ This F---ing War
+ tedang.net
+ Blogs of War
+ Mark Blevis
+ Cobb also linked History will condemn us if... and A big, good step forward.
+ TurcoPundit linked Classic COIN counter-attack.
+ And linked Very sensible Scales on Iraq.
+ SWJ Blog linked Classic COIN counter-attack and Ground forces win postwars.
+ And linked Very sensible Scales on Iraq.
+ AZspot linked this week's column.
+ So did HG's WORLD.
+ Red Telephone
+ So did TurcoPundit.
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Comments (2)
As was, I hope, clear in context, this is a compliment in two senses. First, speaking as a member of the realist school of foreign policy, being a cold-blooded Machiavellian recognizes one as a fellow member of the club.
Second, a comparison to Machiavelli is a compliment. He is one of the western world's greatest political theorists, through whom most the major theories about the relationship of people and their governments trace their ancestry. As in the belief that rulers should govern in such a way to improve the situation of the state and its people, not to benefit themselves (including personal spiritual benefits).
Posted by Fabius Maximus | April 29, 2008 9:09 PM
what i thought, FM, but thanks for the clarification
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April 29, 2008 10:19 PM