(2011/06/30) The pivot point (Foreign Policy) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com

Edition #503

The pivot point

Act 1: Some or all of 6.6 billion dollars lost or stolen in Iraq - Citizen Radio - Original Air Date: 06-14-11

Song 1: Crumbling down - Yaves (The Street Pastor)

Act 2: Mad In The Middle East - Mumia Abu-Jamal

Song 2: About today - The National

Act 3: Cock-Blocked Roundup - Yemen - Daily Show

Song 3: Smile Like You Mean It - The killers

Act 4: Good Old Days of Dictatorships- CounterSpin - 06-16-11

Song 4: Sweet little lies - Michael Franti And Spearhead

Act 5: Iraq claims 18.7 billion lost money - Re-enactment - Citizen Radio - 06-20-11

Song 5: Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead

Act 6: Cock-Blocked Roundup - Syria - Daily Show

Song 6: Rainbow Veins - Owl City

Act 7: Welcoming NATO's Irrelevance - The Progressive

Song 7: These quiet times - Shady Bard

Act 8: Journalism Covering War in Libya - Counterspin - 06-16-11

Song 8: Perth - Bon Iver

Act 9: MI6 replaces bomb instructions with cupcake recipe - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 9: Fighting song - Outernational

Act 10: Obama Blows by Stop Signs in War Powers Act - The Progressive

Song 10: Oblio - Me and My Arrow

Act 11: War powers act violated in Libya - Rachel Maddow

Song 11: Girl in the war - Chris Priest

Act 12: The Word - Defining Moment - Colbert Report - 06-22-11

Song 12: Peace train - Cat Stevens

Act 13: Obama Flops On Troops In Afghanistan - Young Turks - 06-22-11

Song 13: You Got to Get Out of There - Dave Cross

Act 14: Obama's Afghanistan War Address commentary - Rachel Maddow - 06-17-11

Song 14: Carefree - Samantha Stollenwerck

Act 15: Special Comment: Leaving Afghanistan - Countdown

Song 15: Don't press your luck - The Shags

Act 16: Nation Building in America - Colbert Report - 06-23-11

Final comments on the virtuous cycle

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Has Obama Failed To Reduce Hostility Toward Obnoxious Americans Abroad? - The Onion

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Jay! Tomlinson

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