It should hardly be surprising that the conserative punditocracy is swooning at the prospect of reviving the Cold War.
The Cold War arguably made conservatism what it is today - or at least, what it was in 2000.
While the historical narrative is far more complicated, the broad public narrative is that Ronald Reagan - and thus […]

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The far right has been frothing at the mouth over the Russia-Georgia situation, as Josh Marshall has been cataloguing. The latest comes from Bill O’Reilly:
But the message is sent: I, Vladimir Putin, and Russia can do whatever we want to do, and you can’t stop us because we have the oil. Now, its the same […]

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McCain in York:
Republican presidential candidate John McCain phoned Georgia’s president Tuesday to tell him all Americans back his country’s efforts to thwart military attacks from Russia.
McCain told more than 2,000 voters in York, Pa., that he spoke Tuesday morning with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to make sure he knows “that the thoughts, prayers and support […]

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Sounds like the title of a joke. It’s no joke. The Russians are p*ssed - and have previously stated that they will use pre-emptive nuclear strikes if they feel they or their allies are threatened.
But what’s the big deal? I’m sure we’d have no problem if Russia wanted to put its own “missle defense system” […]

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