{"id":10174,"date":"2006-08-17T17:28:31","date_gmt":"2006-08-18T00:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/08\/17\/no-way-out.html"},"modified":"2006-08-17T17:28:31","modified_gmt":"2006-08-18T00:28:31","slug":"no_way_out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/08\/17\/no_way_out.html","title":{"rendered":"No way out?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is Iraq our national <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kobayashi_Maru\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Kobayashi Maru<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>a <a href=\"http:\/\/sidewaysmencken.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/no-way-out.html\" target=\"_blank\">no-win scenario<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If we&#8217;re Left we talk about lies, false premises, politicization and casualties. 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