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The spirit of '73: an ugly nostalgia sweeps the globe. (Rant).(Column)

From: Reason  |  Date: 2/1/2003  |  Author: Cavanaugh, Tim

WHEN GEORGE W. BUSH selected mummified diplomat Henry Kissinger to head his investigation into pre-9/11 intelligence failures, he outraged everyone. The left blames Kissinger for extending the Vietnam War and instituting lethal realpolitik; the right blames him for losing the war and turning Nixon red. But there's a deeper message in seeing a bureaucrat three decades past his sell-by date get a new job--even one he resigned from almost immediately. All over the world, the keys of ...

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