Elsewhere

Terry Glavin - Tell The Tyrants In Tehran: "The World Is Watching."

Bob from Brockley - Left Antisemitism and its Deniers

Ben Smith (Politico) - Barack Obama's biggest critic: Charles Krauthammer

Poumista - A Fine Roundup

Brett (Harry's Place) - Identity Fraud

Michael Totten - The Future of Iraq, Part 1

Iraq the Model - The ISX Phenomenon

Your Friend in the North - There's no-one quite like Grandpa

E.D. Kain (League of Ordinary Gentlemen) - Adaptation

Will Marshall - Taking NATO Global

Michael Barone - Why the U.S. Should Listen to India's Voters

Joshua Muravchik - The Myth of American Exceptionalism by Godfrey Hodgson

Even more on "Realism"

From Philip Zelikow:

“For at least the last hundred years, most full-throated critiques of how America should approach the world regard their views as realistic, whatever their argument. They all regard their foes as naïve or venal, people who either bury their heads in the sand or exaggerate threats to chase imaginary monsters. Arthur Link wrote quite thoughtfully of the "higher realism" of Woodrow Wilson.

So as Republicans wonder where they will find a foreign policy, please don't think the problem will be solved if only Republicans will be "realists" once more. On the other hand, there is a certain nostalgia in recalling a team that took so much pride in professional competence.”