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SCOTT HORTON?Rudy?s Foreign Policy |
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Contributed by Scott Horton
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It?s hard to imagine that as Labor Day 2007 approaches, we?re so deep into the presidential election process?already a week past the G.O.P.?s Iowa straw poll, for instance. One of the rituals of this process involves the foreign affairs establishment. The ?serious? candidates want to establish their bona fides by making appearances in the right fora, such as the Council on Foreign Relations and its network of regional affiliates, and either they or their surrogates publish learned-sounding pieces in the major journals, like Foreign Affairs. A few days ago the new Foreign Affairs arrived carrying an article which purports to have been authored by Rudy Giuliani entitled ?Toward a Realistic Peace.? I say ?purports to be authored? to give Rudy the benefit of a doubt, for this is the single most cliché-ridden and dull-witted contribution ever to appear in the hallowed pages of Foreign Affairs. . . .
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