Abdication of a superpower

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The New York Times reports that the Obama administration has abandoned its limited goal of a negotiated settlement with the Taliban, leaving the Afghans to do it in the years after we leave. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi rebuffed President Obama’s call for free speech in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, calling in his United Nations speech for repression of any speech that offends Islam.

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