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Monday, January 21, 2008

Family Values

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A fifteen-year-old suicide bomber who died while killing his brother and four others was sent by his al Qaeda father and encouraged by his m...

Let the Why Do They Hate Us Questions Begin!

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Al Qaeda supporters have questions for al-Qaida's Ayman al-Zawahri . The article's questions are a fascinating exercise in who the j...

Spoiled Brats

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Israel has cut off Gaza in an effort to halt Hamas rocket attacks on Israeli civilians. The European Union and other progressive entities ar...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

The Invisible Army

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Even the Navy has gotten into the act to establish ground forces despite declining manpower (planned and not from any lack of recruiting, I ...
Saturday, January 19, 2008

East of Suez

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The French are going to establish a base in the United Arab Emirates : President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that France next year will be...

Remember What "Sea Level" Means

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I heard this story on NPR a few mornings ago, with the claim that sea levels off China are caused by global warming. This story explains a ...

Talking Past Us

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Russia reminds us of their conventional military strength weakness : "We do not intend to attack anyone, but we consider it necessary f...

Making Soft Kills Permanent Kills

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One of the issues in warfare is knocking out enemy armored vehicles. Offense versus defense has been a constant race. Our heavy armor is pre...

Pretending to be a Reporter

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An AP reporter pretends to report on the pretend Cuban elections : There is no mudslinging or million-dollar war chest. No party nominations...

Fighting to the Death

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I had noted during the summer that jihadis of al Qaeda were starting to surrender . This was a good sign that the enemy was breaking. Althou...
Friday, January 18, 2008

Torture

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Strategypage has a useful post on the issue of torture . The public debate on this has gone beyond reason, with the definition of torture br...

Taking a Spear for the Team

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Iraqi cult members attacked Iraqi Shias and security forces in a bizarre ritual doomed to fail: The group's bloody aims are seen as a b...

Exercise in Futility

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General Petraeus isn't the only one who will advise the president on troop strength in Iraq : Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joi...

Ths spirit of the Age

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I'm working on a project and in the course of it I ran across an older post from my old site that I want here in case I'm searching ...
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Yin, Yang, and Ban

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The sainted international community recognizes improvements in Iraq : Ban, who wrote his report prior to Rice's visit, said "the re...

Rumsfeld Redux

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Secretary Gates got in a bit of trouble essentially complaining that NATO forces aren't really fighting in Afghanistan. I don't care...

Across the Yalu (Again?)

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China could invade North Korea to secure nuclear weapons should the Pyongyang regime collapse: According to a new report, Beijing would send...

The Beginning of the Taliban Campaign

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Pakistan needs an awakening of their own to fight the new Taliban Campaign that spans the Afghanistan and Pakistan campaigns, drawing from t...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

We Can Hear You Now

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The President is making sure our Navy can train to fight submarines despite the lawfare by environmentalists that would cripple our Navy: Th...

External Threats

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For much the same reason that we have allies in NATO or through bilateral treaties or agreements, the Iraqis will need us to deter foreign t...