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Escalate or Withdraw? Conservatives and the War in Afghanistan (Tony Blankley)

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Uploaded by on Jan 11, 2012

http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6961

Conservative commentator Tony Blankley died this week at the age of 63. Blankley participated in a Cato Institute event on March 18, 2010 called "Escalate or Withdraw? Conservatives and the War in Afghanistan." Cato foreign policy analyst Malou Innocent moderates.

Tony Blankley, Washington Times; Donald Devine, editor, Conservative Battleline On Line; Diana West, Washington Examiner; Mackenzie Eaglen, Heritage Foundation; moderated by Malou Innocent, Cato Institute

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  • 31:11 Eaglen talks about World War II, but neglects the causal relationship between the Versailles Treaty and Hitler coming to power in the first place. Also, why do hawkish think tanks always go back to World War II when arguing about intervention?

  • Jeez. How was Malou NOT a panelist?? She is the most informed.

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  • Great video, thanks CATO! Don Devine describes the trouble in defining conservative foreign policy. It should begin with defining conservatism: fiscally and constitutionally limited government; then applying that definition to foreign policy, addressing only real threats to our security interests with military force after the people, through their congress, have voted to do so. For more ongoing discussion on this theory, check out my wordpress blog: littlebrothergov

  • Cant we please everybody?

    How about combining both ideas?

    Escalate the withdrawal!

  • It's unrealistic to think that whatever happens in Afghanistan isn't directly affected by Pakistan in the same way that Iran pulls strings in Iraq. We could "train" the Afghan army for the next 100 years and it will be irrelevent without a STRONG and COMPETENT central government in Kabul coupled with enough pressure on Pakistan to stop supporting the Taliban.

  • @MooseOfReason ok, I would have answered if you were looking to discuss but I wasn't sure. Cheers !

  • @LeGioNoFZioN Somewhat.

  • @MooseOfReason was that a rhetorical question ?

  • FK THOUGHT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SEX.

  • @MooseOfReason Because it's not controversial and we won that one. It's the same reason the doves don't make movies about the Korean War, rarely the Vietnam War and they squash any talk about the Iran Contra.

  • Withdraw, yesterday.

  • I like Tony Blankley, so I shall like this upload.

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