An empirical analysis by a retired top US Marine General and former NATO Commander.
From the always dependable Amanda Taub at the indispensable blog Wronging Rights., which usually wins the weirdest story award in this corner of the blogosphere.
About Aid Watch
The Aid Watch blog is a project of New York University's Development Research Institute (DRI). This blog is principally written by William Easterly, author of "The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics" and "The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good," and Professor of Economics at NYU. It is co-written by Laura Freschi and by occasional guest bloggers. Our work is based on the idea that more aid will reach the poor the more people are watching aid.
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Reminds me of an incident with the Cdn military about 15 years ago when a gay member came out of the closet and was subsequently threatened with dismissal on the grounds of being a security threat by way on blackmail; that argument went over like a lead balloon since it was pointed out that a gay might only be subject to blackmail if he/she wished to remain in the closet.
I think this guy should be the Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the new country that Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and teapartiers are going to create after the health bill passes.
Could someone explain to me how the retired general is not guilty of committing perjury before Congress?
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