Tag: abraham lincoln (last 300)
Lincoln in Afghanistan
(BoGlobe) A naval blockade was crucial to Lincoln’s Ciivil War strategy. But Afghanistan can’t be blockaded from Pakistan, which is nominally an ally, so Petraeus’ new anaconda plan is unworkable.
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(Telegraph) Perhaps recalling his grandfather’s torture at the hands of the British during the Mau Mau rebellion, Obama’s replaced a Churchill bust on loan from the UK gov’t with one of Lincoln.
Inaugural chutney
(Newsday) Obama’s inaugural luncheon entrees — duck breast with cherry chutney, herb-roasted pheasant, molasses sweet potatoes — were foods Lincoln might have eaten during his childhood. [Taking Lincoln fetish too far.]