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What I'll Be Doing Tonight
October 13, 2009 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 1:59pm | 24 Comments
1. This event for Greg Jaffe and David Cloud's wonderful new book
2. Rugby practice.
3. Rushing home to watch Frontline.
Rugby practise? an American?
Rugby practise? an American? No shoulder pads and helmets? Respect from a former second row.
"I think that you get what
"I think that you get what you pay for, and we haven't paid for a lot in Afghanistan." So what is, in your estimation, the appropriate price, in American blood, that we must pay? And since “we can do everything right in Afghanistan, going forward, and still lose this war.” Why should we pay one drop more?
a CT Professional would say
a CT Professional would say to vary your times and routes during these movements this evening.
Would love to see the photo shopped #42 hunk, but I'm sure he's nothing in comparison to our VP buffing and waxing his Turbo Charged Trans Am next to the obelisk...
Be sure to give the Hooker a punch or smack during practice....they always seem to need a good realignment and guidance. That is, unless you're the Hooker? Doh!
Of all the times I wished I
Of all the times I wished I owned a Predator this one hurts the most.
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Visitor: I think that the
Visitor: I think that the implication is that if the US had paid a bit more dollars in the early stages of this clusterfck, then the dues extracted in blood these days might have been way, way smaller. Gods, Im getting to be a "I told you so" kind of person. Remember when this blof used to be about Iraq and Afghanistan was barely mentioned in a couple of posts a week? Ho-hum.
Whatever happened to the Iraq reporting on here, anyways? Bring back dr. Irack?
Whoa man, you're still going
Whoa man, you're still going to training? Don't tell anyone I missed because I'm getting drunk at your event (and got off a plane at 2 a.m.). Then again, I haven't missed the last month...
But seriously: We Have Been
But seriously:
We Have Been There Before
And re. homegrown terror, UK channel 4 makes interesting comparisons to C19th anarchism The Enemy Within I recommend Joseph Conrads 'The Secret Agent', good novel and some similarities to today.
@Fnord - Just doing some
@Fnord -
Just doing some digging at AM for his potential upcoming comments on Frontline, he being a media superstar and all now.
I wonder were AM is placed on the pitch, gotta be in the Back 3.
Front Row: Without a doubt the manliest men on the pitch. Large, often hairy, beer swilling carnivores that can and will smash anything in their path. Reveling in the violence inherent in the scrum, they are rarely considered "nice" people, and in fact to some they aren't even considered humans at all.
Locks: Slightly below the front row on the food chain. As with front row players it is inadvisable to put an appendage you wish to keep near this group's maw when they are in the feeding mode. This group of large, often foul-smelling brutes is also more than willing to relish the finer points of stomping on a fallen opponent's body and will gleefully recount the tale ad infinitum.
Back Row: These are fine, fit fellows who, like a bunch of hermaphrodites, are confused as to what their role in life should be. While they know they are undeniably linked to the forwards, there are those among them who long for the perfect hair and long flowing gowns that come with being a back. Some relish the forward role and will do anything to win the ball and there are others within this group that will break the prime directive of the forward and do anything to prance foolishly with the ball. Generally, these guys are not all bad, but I, personally, have to wonder about any forward who brings a hairbrush and a change of clothes to a game.
Scrum Half: Some like to think of this back as an honorary forward. I myself tend to think of the No. 9 as half a fairy. While the toughest back almost always fills this position, this idea is almost laughable - kind of like the hottest fat chick. The scrum half's presence is tolerated by the forwards because they know that he will spin the ball to the rest of the girls in the backline who will inevitably knock the ball on and allow them the pleasure of another scrum. The No. 9 can take pride in the fact that he is the lowest numbered back and that as such he can be considered almost worthwhile.
Fly Half: His primary role is the leader of the backs - a dubious honor at best. Main responsibilities as far as I can tell are ability to throw the ball over people's heads and to provide something soft for opposing back rowers to land on. Expected to direct the prancing of the rest of the backline - the fly half, like any good Broadway choreographer, is usually light on his feet. While some may argue that these girls must be protected, I find it hard to support anyone whose foot touches a rugby ball on purpose.
Centers: Usually come in two varieties: hard chargers or flitting fairies. The hard charger is the one to acquire, as he will announce his presence in a game with the authority rarely found above No. 8. The flitting fairy is regrettably more common and will usually attempt to avoid contact at all costs. The flitting fairy is also only one good smack away from bursting into tears and leaving the pitch to cry on the shoulder of his inevitable girlfriend. Both types will have extensive collections of hair care products in their kit bags and will be among the best dressed at the post-game festivities.
Back 3: While some people refer to this group as two wingers and a fullback, I swear to God I can't make out any difference between them. They are all bleeping bleeps if you ask me. How these three guys can play 90 minutes of RUGBY and stay clean and sweat free is beyond me. I know for a fact that their jerseys sometimes go back in the bag cleaner than when they came out. These ladies are fond of sayings like "Speed Kills" and "Wheels Win" - how cute. These guys will be easy to spot after the game because they are the finely coifed, sweater wearin', wine sippin', sweet-talkers in the corner avoiding the beer swilling curs at the bar..
Interesting... I've had a
Interesting... I've had a conversation with Andrew before, I believe at Rí Ra Irish Pub.
Very intelligent dude and down to earth. I was in Iraq same time as him.
Guessing his offices were across the street, black cube.... or perhaps he was just talking shop with some folks back in the day?
More on historical
More on historical parallels: 'Recruited by MI5: the name's Mussolini, Benito Mussolini. Documents reveal Italian dictator got start in politics in 1917 with help of £100 weekly wage from MI5'
Congrats on your mad
Congrats on your mad notoriety now. Frontline, gosh, *regular* people are going to know who you are now AM! I guess you've gotten enough media exposure by now that we can stop complaining that every time you go on TV more crazy people show up here. Still...
Have you read the book,
Have you read the book, Andrew?
I am one quarter of the way through it and have yet to see anything "wonderful" about it. Perhaps it will get better in the remaining three quarters. Up to this point the only interesting part was the first 10 pages on Casey and the death of his father. The chapter on the Sosh Department at West Point is nothing but Coin-porn with uninformed and wrongheaded praise toward Krepinevich and his flawed explanation for american loss in Vietnam, and oh yes while erstwhile Captain Petraeus sits in an audience as a junior sosh member listening awestruck to Krepinevich.
I hope the book gets better at the end.
gentile
Up to page 120, still
Up to page 120, still coin-porn. Its schema is simplistic, Casey as the knuckle-dragger, old school soldier. While the other three seem to see the New American Way of War of nation building or population centric coin as the true, better way.
Are Jaffe and Cloud card carrying members of the neo-con/liberal internationalist club? Their book so far really suggests that they are. No wonder CNAS had a party for them tonight and Exum considers the book wonderful.
Also not a wonder that Ricks, Fick, and Robinson among others provide glowing jacket cover endorsements to the book.
Better hope that we dont have to fight anybody soon with this New Age Way of Happy War!
gentile
Man's got to know his
Man's got to know his limitations...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2JnCXvm_Qc&feature=related
While y' all stand around
While y' all stand around repeating the same old tired arguments, everything else is going to hell.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/13/palestinians-israel-obama-abbas
Lets see: In 2 months, the
Lets see: In 2 months, the Obama admin has promised Israel that it will retain its right to stand outside the IAEA while Iran must comply with them, has promised Russia to not criticize them on human rights issues, has promised China much the same, institutionalized indefinite detention, has surged in Afghanistan and decided to stand behind the warlord-centric political solution, oh, and has allowed Israel unlimited settlement-expansion rights.
Change you can believe in indeed. Good job mr. president and mrs. Clinton. Ive got a public bathroom for rent if you want to continue giving out blowjobs for free.
Fnord is apparently not
Fnord is apparently not aware of that Iran has signed the NPT and therefore has to comply with it while israel has not and thus is not obliged to.
Gian, I have read the book.
Gian, I have read the book. When you get to the end you'll see my name in the acknowledgments -- I read and commented on an earlier draft. I think you are, per usual, too sensitive to the evil COIN narrative and you're missing what I thought to be a good story of four generals. If I had a criticism of the book, it would be very different from yours: I actually thought the two authors made too great an effort to be even-handed in their treatments of the four generals. I think, then, that they were harsher on Petraeus than was merited and let Casey off too easily. I certainly did not get the sense that you did that Casey was some kind of "knuckle-dragger". I thought their treatment of him quite sympathetic.Read it again my friend. My
Read it again my friend. My criticism of it still stands.
I do not see how it can be read in any other way than the usual stream of hagiography of General Petraeus (in line with Ricks and Robinson). You are kidding yourself if you dont read it in this way.
Casey throughout the book is set up as the one who constantly doesnt get it, is missing the truth. Abizaid and Chiarelli do, but not to the extent as Petraeus.
This book conforms to all of the essential points of the Iraq War triumph narrative. I really dont see how it can be read in any other way. Maybe Michael Gordon's upcoming book will get at a better truth; this one by Jaffe and Cloud swing and miss, just like Ricks and Robinson. It is no wonder that both of those two write jacke cover endoresments for the book.
Some relish the forward role
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