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The "Worrisome" Veteran
Way to go, Penn State. Way to insult all us "crazy" "aggressive" veterans with this "instructional" video. (Thanks, SNLII) Of course, Penn State has a long history of this. I...
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+/-?
So is this defense budget a cut or an increase? I have been calling it a "cut" because I have been including the two FY2008 supplemental budgets in with the FY2008 budget. And...
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A Hawk Responds
As many of you know, we here at the blog have a policy whereby when someone is criticized by name, they have the right to post a response. It's one of the ways we keep ourselv...
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"Noo-ku-lar Combat, toe-to-toe with the Rooskies!"
It's YouTube Day here at Abu Muqawama. And if you're going to watch the Heritage Foundation's "scary" new video about missile defense, it's only appropriate to watch it as a d...
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At this moment, we can neither confirm nor deny that Steven Seagal played a role
NAIROBI, April 8 -- The crew of a U.S.-operated container ship that was commandeered by Somali pirates regained control of the vessel Wednesday and seized one of the attackers...
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Abu Muqawama Employs the Strategic Reserve
Michael Cohen is pursuing a Taliban-esque strategy of exhaustion against me both in terms of his articles on Democracy Arsenal and his ridiculously prodigious emailing, which ...
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Wednesday Budget Opinionating
Well, it's a good thing this blog doesn't delve into the murky waters of Israel and Palestine. Otherwise, I might have to expend time and energy responding to this. Instead, I...
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Calling all SEAL teams...
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Somali pirates on Wednesday hijacked a U.S.-flagged cargo ship with 20 American crew members onboard, hundreds of miles from the nearest U.S. military vessel...
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Bob Gates vs. the Congress: Who You Gonna Pick?
I am now back from Quantico, and contrary to rumors voiced to Dave Dilegge, no, I was not contemplating an inter-service transfer. Let's face it: the Army was happy enough to ...
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Budget Roundup ... and Ficked Again
I will be away from my computer most of the day, back in the wilds of Virginia hanging out with Dave Dilegge and trying to understand Marines. In the meantime, here is a round...
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Budgeting is Warfighting
It was a big day at the Pentagon. Noah and the crew at Danger Room are all over the budget like white on rice, so if you're looking for a good round-up, you could do a lot wor...
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Arguing the 2006 War
Greg Jaffe has an A1 article in today's Washington Post all about the 2006 war between Israel and Hizballah and the way in which the war is used in contemporary U.S. defense p...
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Waiting on the budget...
...watching Old Man Gates on the Pentagon Channel now. Live Updates: 1349: Snap! The VH-whatever presidential helicopter scrapped. 1350: USAF CSAR helicopter also scrapped. 13...
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More on the Embarrassment that is American TV News
The bit with John Oliver at the end of this was the funniest thing I saw all week. But the first few minutes of this clip illustrate nicely why you can actually grow dumber wa...
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Euro-Troops in Afghanistan: The U.S. Perception
Yesterday we noted the difference between the Times and the Guardian over European commitments to the NATO mission in Afghanistan. The two big Sunday newspapers in the United ...
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COIN in Colombia
I'm sure most of you who read the Washington Post saw this article today on the lessons we can take from the COIN campaign in Colombia and apply to Afghanistan. The lessons ar...
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Christmas in April?
I have never been so excited about a freaking budget in my entire life. Again, if you have shares in SAIC you've been meaning to sell, now is the time. Defense Secretary Robe...
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Attention, Readers: Abu Muqawama Let Loose on MSNBC
Allegedly (and despite my recent tirade on American cable news), I will be on the Rachel Maddow Show tonight talking about Afghanistan. Come up with your very own Abu Muqawama...
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C2 in AFG
Longtime defense and foreign policy journalist Dan Sagalyn has a great PBS podcast on command and control in Afghanistan. There is some especially good stuff on the relationsh...
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More Hot (COIN) (Podcast) Action
Matthew Bell has devoted an entire podcast (.mp3) to the debate over counter-insurgency and current operations. Lots more from Nagl, Flournoy, Exum, and Gentile. Again, Bell r...