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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Reality Check

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We're not seriously considering going through with plans to cut 10 Army combat brigades and retire the Air Force A-10 tank killers, are ...

The Federal Civil Service Has Failed

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Unfortunately, too many federal civil servants are unwilling to be nonpartisan public servants. What do we do about it? The worst thing ab...

Flash Override: Ukraine Invasion Imminent

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Holy Hell, television news says the US government believes 30,000 Russian troops are poised to invade Ukraine to create a land corridor to C...

A Diplomatic Gordie Howe Hat Trick

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John Kerry probably honestly believes he is about to get a triple score hat trick in diplomacy with this nuanced proposal : In exchange ...

What?

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When did we get nine Stryker brigades? Strategypage writes: The U.S. Army is disbanding one of its nine Stryker brigades. This is part...

Preparing Ukraine for the Next War

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Ukraine's government wants to strengthen their military. What should the Ukrainians do? Ukraine asked for help to upgrade their milita...

More Excuses for Putin

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Russia conquered Crimea. But what about their feelings? In Crimea, Russia Moved to Throw Off the Cloak of Defeat Funny, I don't rem...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Trick Question

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The way you hold your wine glass demonstrates what social class you are in? Please. They're talking about how you hold a wine glass--...

All Our Problems Are Belong to You?

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I don't assume China is destined to surpass America in power. But I'm not convinced that the collapse of China is worse than the cur...

A Regional Threat is Still a Threat if the Region is Vital

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Russia, as I've said, is really a regional problem. Other than lots of nukes and memories of the Soviet Union, Russia is not a capable m...

Ouch

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I ran for the first time this month. My ongoing endless-winter debate of whether to be homicidal or suicidal finally got to me, and I just...

Norks, Nukes, and Dorks

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The haircut of evil is born : Men in North Korea are now required to get the same haircut as their leader Kim Jong-un, it is reported. ...

Do Not Become Confused, Of Course We Won the Cold War

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The notion that we and the Soviet Union jointly ended the Cold War and that we have spoiled the party with a victory dance is so many flavor...

Justified

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Russia says Ukraine isn't letting Russian flight crews off of their planes in Kiev's airport : "Russia insists on an uncondi...

The Limits of Nukes

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Nukes wouldn't have saved Crimea. But they could save Kiev. This was so close to being a good article . But then the author went and k...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

If Not Evil, Close Enough for Government Work

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Just another renewable energy resource in Britain : The bodies of thousands of aborted and miscarried babies were incinerated as clinical...

Not Too Shabby

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My Red Force analysis on Crimea wasn't too bad. Strategypage writes about the Russian conquest of Crimea : Apparently several hund...

The Georgia Precedent

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It seems to me that Russia's strongest precedent for taking Crimea is Georgia's escalation to retake South Ossetia in 2008. Russia...

Be Careful What You Wish For

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So Crimea's ethnic Russian population succeeded in breaking into the prison of Putin's Russia by citing their history of being part ...

GPS Location, GPS Location, GPS Location

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Israel is following us in going to precision firepower. This will greatly aid a fight in Lebanon against Hezbollah by reducing civilian casu...