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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Polling the Horse Race

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I know that many people here--including some military leaders--keep talking about the "resurgent" Taliban in Afghanistan, but do t...

Harold and Kumar Go to South Waziristan

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May these idiots enjoy their Pakistan accomodations: A Pakistani court formally charged Wednesday five young Americans of plotting terror...

Just a Little Bit Pregnant

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My. This is dumb : Today, the United States has been actively fighting two wars with high casualty rates for both sides. It would be valua...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Mad!

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Lamb made a newspaper recently. It is a four-pager titled simply "The Newspaper" The lead story was something about two people. It...

Allow Me to Point Out the Obvious

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This Guardian writer is perplexed that the American general in Iraq in charge of pulling out our forces is happy as can be: Leading them ...

Let's Talk Real Troubles

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It's bad enough that a couple of nutjob American women joined the jihad after converting to Islam. It's bad enough that one of the w...

Bear Hug

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Yeah, what the heck. It was fun being independent and free, but Ukrainians have had enough , I guess: Ukraine's new governing coalitio...

The Tyranny of Distance

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Strategypage writes--again--that Chinese military power does not come close to matching our military power and that they cannot threaten us...

Apartments of Mass Destruction?

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I can't believe that the issue of apartment building on disputed land in the West Bank is creating a crisis in US-Israeli relations. Sur...
Monday, March 15, 2010

At the Joe

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It's already playoff time for the Red Wings with every game counting to make it into the post-season. Mister and I went to see the Red...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

Transitioning to the Traditional Excuse

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Secretary Gates explains that it really wasn't George W. Bush's fault that Iran won't agree to halt pursuit of nuclear weapons:...

Mailing the White Flag

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Mark Steyn has written quite a lot about the slow surrender of Western Europe to Islamic thinking as Moslems immigrate to Western countries ...

A Base By Any Other Name?

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China is building a commercial presence in a North Korean port (which my atlas calls Najin and not Rajin) on the Sea of Japan : China has...

The Last Refuge of Scoundrels

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It has always annoyed me that the jihadis claim the mantle of keeper of the true faith when it comes to Islam. For those who claim that ji...
Saturday, March 13, 2010

Universal Insurance Policy

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Iraq's election is a good thing. But it is just one more good thing on a path that requires many more good things to achieve a lasting v...

Bring Out Your Sad!

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Huh. You've heard of the saying, "the beatings will continue until morale improves"? Well, this business owner turns that t...

Over The (Beep) Top

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Are we witnessing the first hints of a transformation in warfare (and not the one we are planning) on the Israel-Gaza border? So what is t...
Friday, March 12, 2010

Preparing to Fail in Two Contingencies

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The QDR sets assumptions for force planning (or force rationalization, depending on how you want to look at it). Fine. But how can Defense D...

Squirming

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This is good news : The Afghan Taliban's former second in command has been "singing like a male canary" since his capture la...

Fields of Fire

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The ability of smaller units to slug it out with access to recon and precision strike assets is fairly amazing to me. And with organic UAVs ...