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This has nothing to do with COIN
Perhaps it's because I am the son of a retired sports writer, but I always appreciate good sports journalism. I don't even like hockey, but Mike Wise's profile of Donald Brash...
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This has nothing to do with COIN either
Just when you start thinking the U.S. vice president is a clown, he goes and does something kinda cool:Spotted: Vice President Joe Biden joining some members of his Secret Ser...
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Qifa Nabki ... Unmasked!
Elias Muhanna drops his pseudonym to write this commentary on the Lebanese elections for the National:Despite the hype ... signs increasingly suggest that the actual outcome o...
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Taking the Huskies to School
Barack Obama must be trying to win the State of Tennessee in 2012. Because there is no surer way to the hearts of Lady Vol fans than to beat UConn....
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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...