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Matthew Duss

Matthew Duss is a foreign policy analyst and a contributing writer for the Prospect. You can follow him on Twitter @mattduss.

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THE FORBIDDING RATIONALITY BLUES.

Matthew DussSep 12, 2007

THE FORBIDDING RATIONALITY BLUES. Richard Cohen's column yesterday on Mearsheimer and Walt's The Israel Lobby is a perfect example of the "kvetch" strategy delineated by Tony Karon (via Ezra) last week.

MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES OF POST-9/11 AMERICA

Matthew DussSep 12, 2007

MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES OF POST-9/11 AMERICA. Surely one of the most tiresome, transparently ridiculous neoconservative charges against liberals who oppose George W. Bush's cunning plan to create Arab democracy by bombing Arabs is that liberals do so out of a belief in the innate incapacity of Arabs for democracy. It's fitting, then, that Marty Peretz not only subscribes to this argument himself, but presents it now as if it were fresh and insightful:

WHERE DID I COME FROM? WHERE AM I GOING? WHY DOESN'T SHORT ROUND CALL?

Matthew DussSep 11, 2007

WHERE DID I COME FROM? WHERE AM I GOING? WHY DOESN'T SHORT ROUND CALL? I read today that the leaked title of the new Indiana Jones movie is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I can only suspect that the plot of the movie involves the getting of said skull. I must admit I'm still quite bitter about my own script being rejected. I think Indiana Jones and the Search for Tenure dealt with some important questions raised by the first three films, such as: With all of his swinging around in temples and shooting Nazis and being dragged behind trucks, when did he find time to publish?

OSAMA'S STEALING MY RIFFS!

Matthew DussSep 11, 2007

OSAMA'S STEALING MY RIFFS! Apparently, in the Sheikh's latest joint, Osama bin Laden quotes from Richard Perle and David Frum's book, An End to Evil. Frum complains that he was misquoted. Let's compare.

Osama:

STRATEGIC VISION.

Matthew DussSep 10, 2007

STRATEGIC VISION. White House homeland security adviser Fran Townsend, commenting on Osama bin Laden's latest video yesterday:

"This is a man on the run in a cave who is virtually impotent other than his ability to get these messages out," Townsend said on CNN's "Late Edition." "It is propaganda."

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