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As if we didn’t have enough evidence that Bush has taken America back into the dark ages, Nicholas D. Kristof, op-ed columnist for The New York Times, wrote an interesting piece about U.S. foreign policy failure in Somalia. Though I had heard briefly about what went on, I am ashamed to admit the circus that is this ever-lasting presidential campaign has distracted me from following up on the story. Kristof manages to insert the Somalian tragedy in a story supposedly about Sen. John McCain’s recent endorsement by Al Qaeda, so that yet another article is written about the election.

During the past two years, has anyone heard anything about those two little wars we’re in? When did they stop being important? All I’ve been hearing is something about mavericks and Joe the Plumber and socialism…but I digress:

Read about the endorsement, the failed Somalian policy, and an analysis of America’s Islamophobia here–> The Endorsement from Hell - Nicholas D. Kristof