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Lee Kuan Yew Has More Sense than Joint Chiefs Chairman Peter Pace

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A few years back, I read Lee Kuan Yew's Memoirs. No matter what one thinks of his illiberal political tendencies, his leadership in carving out a successful city state in an unstable and convulsing Southeast Asia was breathtaking.

I have always been surprised and irritated by Lee's hypersensitivity to political challenge in this era in which he and his brand of technocratic elites have so clearly won all the political battles they needed to win to feel enormously secure. But now comes a refreshing sign of Barry Goldwater-like transformation for Singapore's most powerful conservative -- tolerance of gays. Perhaps this is the beginning of a new Lee Kuan Yew.

Lee sure has better sense than Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Peter Pace on this particular issue.

-- Steve Clemons

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Posted by steve duncan, Apr 23 2007, 8:57PM - Link

Anytime someone wants to start on Bush's gallows I have a hammer and nails:
Task Force Lightning Patrol Base Attacked
Multi-National Division Ã¢â‚¬â€œ North PAO

TIKRIT, Iraq Ã¢â‚¬â€œ Nine Task Force Lightning Soldiers died as a result of injuries sustained
from an explosion near a patrol base in Diyala Province, Monday.

Twenty Soldiers and one Iraqi civilian were wounded when a suicide vehicle born
IED attacked the patrol base. Twelve Soldiers were returned to duty after initial medical
care, and eight Soldiers and the Iraqi civilian were evacuated to a Coalition ForcesÃ¢â‚¬â„¢
medical treatment facility for further care. Three of those Soldiers were later returned to
duty.

The names of the deceased Soldiers are being withheld pending notification of
next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.