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March 4, 2011

Baghdad to Cairo to Benghazi

Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

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Facebook and Twitter have surely mediated this pan-Arab (and Iranian) reach for dignity and freedom. But the Bush Doctrine set the premise.

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TAGGED: Yemen, Oman, Tunisia, Iran, Egypt, China, Iraq, Libya, Realism, Freedom Agenda, George W. Bush, Barack Obama

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