Barnett Versus Obama

Dean Barnett takes a butterknife to an intellectual knifefight with Spencer Ackerman over "The Obama Doctrine." Of course, it's precisely the fact that Obama's approach to al-Qaeda is antithetical to The Weekly Standard's bluster and ignorance approach that makes him an appealing figure.

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