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The Best War Reporting on Earth. Period.
More Pulitzer-worthy reporting from C.J. Chivers:On the ground, far from the generals in Kabul and the policy makers in Washington, the hour-by-hour conduct of the war rests i...
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Bad Days for the British Army
The British Army handed over Basra to the U.S. military yesterday, though cynics would argue it effectively ceded responsibility years ago -- or at least when U.S. units suppo...
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Yeah, Phil!!!
Great, great news for both Phil and the country. I knew this was coming, but now that it is official, I am very proud of my friend and think he is almost uniquely qualified fo...
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Flournoy on COIN in Pakistan
Her testimony from the House yesterday (.pdf). The problems, as she (and Old Boy Vikram, I guess) sees them: Threat perception. A trust deficit. A lack of COIN/CT capabilities...
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Robert Fisk: USA (Who Else?) to Blame for Lack of Evidence in Hariri Tribunal
Yeah, sorry, this is our fault too, I guess. Whew! It sure was tough to hide all that evidence in just 100 days. Go back to the bottle, you old drunk....
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Get Your Nerd On!
And read the prepared statements of John Hamre -- rumored to be the next Secretary of Defense -- and Andrew Krepinevich on the defense budget. I know Hamre admires Gates, but ...
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Reason #572 Why Cable News Sucks
h/t Spencer...
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Jihadica Hits the Big Time
I am determined to convince the United States government what an underutilized asset it possesses in Will McCants. So it is nice to see Will's blog, Jihadica, get a major shou...
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Poppylationcentric Counterinsurgency, Continued
A reader writes in:Just some thoughts from my time working with Afghanistan. No one would dispute that the opium industry needs to be shut down. But the poppy has as much to...
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Poppylationcentric Counterinsurgency
The folks at 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW enjoyed a good staff debate on Afghanistan and Pakistan yesterday morning. (I'm speaking of CNAS here -- not Ducks Unlimited.) We were...
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الحقيقة
Well, that was fun while it lasted. The "truth" is there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A United Nations judge ordered the release Wednesday of four ...
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Johnny Reb Marines in Beirut?
And for the WTFO Picture of the Day, we have the U.S. Marines marching through Beirut in 1958 with ... a Confederate flag. Sean and I are trying to figure out the meaning of t...
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"It would be naive to say that Iraq’s future is certain, or even likely, to be a peaceful one, but the war between Sunnis and Sh
I have not linked to this provocative article by Nir because I had not had time to read it. It is worth your time.Sunni civilians have no interest in backing a new insurgency ...
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The Defense of Jisr Al Doreaa
Missing your afternoon COIN fix? Read Intern Nick's take on a modern COIN classic (.pdf)....
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Busy, busy...
Crashing on work projects at the moment, so blogging will be light today. (Hint: Spencer knows what I am working on.)...
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Can someone please tell me what's really going on in Sri Lanka?
Because the news reports are confusing. The Sri Lankan government yesterday announced it was ending the use of air and artillery strikes in its war with the Tamil Tigers, aft...
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Schmidle on Pakistan
Friend of the blog Nicholas Schmidle has a really good op-ed up on Slate right now:If there's any hope of containing the insurgency, it's by building a wall along the Indus Ri...
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Surviving the Swine Flu
So this has nothing to do with counter-insurgency per se, but I noticed in the Post this morning that the Swine Flu is especially hammering young adults. One explanation for t...
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Class War
This has been the most depressing this I have read today: Over the past two years, Pakistani civil society has driven a military dictator from power and managed to force an e...
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Well, it's a good thing Jordan doesn't torture!
Okay, this requires some cheek: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy David Gregory, by forcing King Abdullah to make a statement here, i...