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Are we not nerdy enough?
Dave Kasten, a longtime reader of this blog, is asking over at Attackerman whether or not we have lost our academic focus.But I'm not sure that the same hunger exists for read...
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"You certainly do remind me of Adolf Hitler"
I have a rule. As soon as someone invokes Nazi Germany to bolster their argument about anything (not related to genocide, of course), I stop reading. So if David Brooks said a...
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Neo-Con Two-fer!
Man, the speed with which the neo-cons can write! One day after the North Korean nuclear test, the Washington Post and the New York Times feature commentary from Robert Kagan ...
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Lunch with Casey
I made only my second trip to the Pentagon today to have lunch with General George Casey and about seven other defense policy wonks and a few journalists. I was probably the y...
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Der Spiegelgate
That's what Qifa is calling this brouhaha about Hizballah killing Hariri. (It was Colonel Muqawama? And I thought it was JSOC!) I'm no friend of Hizballah, but this article do...
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Fallen on the Field of Honor
I can't be sure, of course, but I would guess my readership is pretty near the last group of U.S. readers on the internet who need to be reminded of this day and what it means...
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Now that's a scandal!
The Guardian:Sensitive files detailing the extra marital affairs, drug taking and use of prostitutes by very senior officers in the RAF have been stolen, raising fears within ...
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Learning from the LTTE
Mia Bloom: But the Tigers' legacy remains intact. Their perfection of suicide bombings, their recruitment of women and children, their innovation in IEDs, have been emulated ...
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Major Junior Promoted!
One of this blog's all-time favorites, Major W. Thomas Smith Jr. -- affectionately known as "Major Junior" to the journalist community in Beirut -- has apparently been promote...
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Primacy, holla
Realists everywhere are venting in their faculty lounges:“We will maintain America’s military dominance and keep you the finest fighting force the world has ever seen.”...
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Mattis at JFCOM
A lot of people think the U.S. military is wasting Marine Corps General James Mattis and his many talents at the Joint Forces Command. I am not so sure. Great men find a way t...
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Amazing Pictures from the Korengal Valley
Many, many thanks to the reader who sent these along....
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USAF Serious About Irregular Warfare?
More good news from Inside the Pentagon?The Air Force's top officials in charge of irregular warfare were briefed yesterday on new details of the service's sweeping plan to as...
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Biden in Beirut
Joe Biden is in Beirut. Unless, something crazy happens, like Biden waving a Hizballah flag and marching to the Fatima Gate, I stand by what I told Laura Rozen a few days ago ...
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No, that is not what I wrote.
Okay, misquoting me because of my indecipherable accent is one thing. Misquoting something I have written is another. An alert reader catches Tim Heffernan: Here's what Heffe...
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Biden in Beirut II: Parsing the Speech (Updated)
Today, in Beirut:VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: President -- President Suleiman, thank you very much for your gracious welcome. I do bring greetings on behalf of President Obama. As...
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Down and Out in North Lebanon
It turns out the economy sucks for even militants these days. Mitch Prothero -- who has been accusing me of being a "DC Fobbit" of late -- reports from Tripoli:“I have no job ...
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Mimi and her Magic Globe
Anna Sussman on migrant workers in Lebanon... Although it is, perhaps, an urban myth, a friend once told me how the wife of an Asian ambassador had been asked to leave the sw...
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Boy, there is just no good news for Pakistan these days...
The Guardian: Shoaib Akhtar will miss next month's World Twenty20 tournament due to a genital infection, said the Pakistan Cricket Board today. "The medical board has reporte...
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On Obama vs. Cheney
I just sat through both speeches. In case you missed them, a summary:Obama: Rule of law über alles. Cheney: We didn't torture, but those mother%$#@ers deserved it....