MLK Day Links

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Meetings today, so I can't do much. I wanted to do a post on MLK, but highly suggest these posts you might otherwise overlook instead:

• Cheryl on MLK and two other anniversaries from Estonia and Azerbaijan.
• Juan Cole on MLK and war.
• On the current administration and civil rights, by Scott Horton.
• Mary Dudziak at Balkinization on MLK and Thurgood Marshall.
  

And, on another front, see Steve G's discussion of why he's not a Clinton fan. It's a good one and an educational one, and sure beats Andrew Sullivan's anti-Clinton hysteria. Tom Watson is the place to go for defenses of Hillary Clinton, and a healthy dose of Obama-skepticism.

See also Glenn Greenwald's fine piece in Salon on the endless Iraq War and its inheritance with the next administration. And then go to Andrew Bacevich's terrific piece in the WaPo on why "the surge" furthers the perpetual war.