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This weeks's Petraeus/Crocker hearings on Capitol Hill dominated news coverage. In addition to the tireless coverage of our own Dana Goldstein, the following blog commentary is recommended:
- Regarding long-term military occupation, Juan Cole makes an analogy to Lebanon.
- Bill Scher asks whether Petraeus and Crocker inadvertently made the case for Iranian diplomacy.
- Turkana at the Left Coaster asks rhetorically, Tell me how this ends.
- Blogging at Firedoglake, Blue Texan notes that Petraeus killed the "turning a corner" meme during his testimony.
- David Corn highlights the resumed sniping between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama after leaving the hallowed halls of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
- Spencer Ackerman notes that Petraeus hedged on whether he would advise the president in 2009 on a withdrawal plan.
- And finally, Marc Ambinder reminds us that ultimately, Petraeus and Crocker are serving the narrow political ends of a lame-duck president.
--Mori Dinauer
