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	<title>There Is No Plan &#187; State Department</title>
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		<title>Clinton and Obama on Iran &#8211; Diplomacy 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To say that the Obama administration is all over the place on Iran is an understatement. During the campaign, President Obama assured us that he would work hard to start a dialogue with Iran. His view remains, apparently at least, that engagement is the best way to deal with Tehran, their sponsorship of Hezbollah and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudan&#8217;s Al-Bashir Indicted. Time to Save Darfur.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human rights isn&#8217;t exactly China&#8217;s strong suit, so their exhortation to the UN to back off the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for the war-crimes arrest of Sudan&#8217;s President Al-Bashir seems pretty much par for the course. China&#8217;s in deep in Sudan, as they are all over Africa spreading around their wealth and patronage and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Letter to Medvedev &#8211; A New Diplomacy in Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>coolrebel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s not so secret letter to his counterpart in Russia, President Medvedev, seems like a strong beginning to a new, more robust and directed diplomacy. Applying an unspoken quid pro quo that the serious application of pressure by Russia on Iran to stem Tehran&#8217;s nuclear ambitions could mean the removal of the US nuclear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Potus Heralds a New Era on US-Iranian Relations? Bad Start</title>
		<link>http://www.thereisnoplan.com/2009/03/01/potus-heralds-a-new-era-on-us-iranian-relations-bad-start/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mullen says Iran has enough fissile material for a bomb on the same day that Gates says they&#8217;re not close to getting a bomb. Now it&#8217;s true that these two statements are not mutually exclusive on a factual basis, but they are contradictory in terms of their diplomatic intent. Potus, Pentagon and State need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mumbai Massacre &#8211; An Opportunity For Clarity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>coolrebel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Rogue Elements&#8221; is a big word du jour right now. The idea that within an organization there&#8217;s often a fifth column conjures up all sorts of conspiracy theories about CIA spooks with their own twisted agendas. Usually, this stuff is confined to fiction or the far reachs of the blogosphere. But what happens when the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Peace as a Weapon. Dealing With Iran.</title>
		<link>http://www.thereisnoplan.com/2008/12/02/using-peace-as-a-weapon-dealing-with-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>coolrebel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To paraphrase Clausewitz, &#8220;Peace is war by other means&#8221;. It sounds nutty, but in certain situations, extending the hand of peace and cooperation is far more devastating to our adversaries. In April, Hillary Clinton was quoted as saying on Good Morning America of all places that if Israel was attacked by Iran, &#8220;we would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time For A Change &#8211; China Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.thereisnoplan.com/2008/11/25/time-for-a-change-china-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>coolrebel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it takes an aging rock band to make a great point. Take Guns n&#8217; Roses new album, its first for seventeen years. The band&#8217;s insightful leader created a fabulous oxymoron, bringing together the words &#8220;Chinese&#8221; and &#8220;Democracy&#8221; for it&#8217;s title. Now that&#8217;s comedy. The Chinese authorities did what they always do in these situations [...]]]></description>
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