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Hitchens in Beirut: Michael Totten Weighs In
As many of the blog's readers have pointed out, Michael Totten -- an actual eye witness to the ass kicking received by Christopher Hitchens in Hamra -- has posted an account o...
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Thursday afternoon reading
A sampling of the open tabs that have collected in my fancy Google chrome browser: --The State Dept decides where SW Asia & the Gulf are (you know, exactly where you thoug...
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Traveling...
...I'll be back this weekend....
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Press Conference with General Abdul Rahim Wardak, Minister of Defense, Afghanistan
In response to increased attacks from anti-government forces, President Barack Obama last week ordered the deployment of 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan by the summer. The a...
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Ashton Carter for AT&L? Really?
This was surprising. Ashton Carter, I thought, was a "nukes and strategy" guy. AT&L, as I discussed with my friend "Abu Comptroller" yesterday, is the job where it pays to...
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Sri Lanka: The Last Battle
A week or so ago, a good friend was complaining about the lack of any coverage on the blog of the increasingly successful counterinsurgency campaign waged by the government in...
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We are now experiencing technical difficulties...
Sorry for the lack of posts today. Stanford's internet server has been on the fritz, leading me to wonder whether this is the Silicon Valley or the Korengal Valley. P.S. In th...
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This is not a live-blog
There was, honestly, little of substance on matters concerning this readership. But the full transcript of Obama's speech tonight can be found here, and the amusing commentary...
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A Question from the Readership
I must say, I quite enjoyed the comments from yesterday's interview with Mitch Prothero. Mitch -- who studied in the great books program at St. John's (basically, the Western ...
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Apropos of literally nothing
This from the NYT style manual blog: 1. We will now capitalize Marine and Marines when referring to individual members of the United States Marine Corps. Under the previous ...
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Lebanon's Palestinian Camps: Problem, Discussion, Recommendations
I feel bad for posting on top of Charlie's rather amusing State Department transcript (see below), but Crisis Group has a must-read report on Lebanon's Palestinian camps:Pales...
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Special Abu Muqawama Interview: Mitchell Prothero
Last week's incredible news that an Israeli agent had infiltrated Hizballah and had been turned over to the Lebanese authorities sent shockwaves through the Levant and the sma...
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USG COIN Guide
Greetings from not-so-sunny California. I just wanted to link, quickly, to the new U.S. government COIN guide, which you can download here and Janine Davidson explains here. A...
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Craig Mullaney Book Launch
I attended the launch party for Craig Mullaney's new book last night chez Nate Fick. To say the gathering was impressive would be an understatement. Forget the Afghanistan and...
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So what, exactly, was Hitchens doing in Beirut in the first place?
Unless my alma mater has suddenly ceased to be the stingiest institution in the Levant, I'm thinking the American University of Beirut wasn't the one that paid for Christopher...
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Abu Muqawama Declares Jihad on Google Earth
When I was in Afghanistan and Iraq (between 2001 and 2004), I was so impressed with the satellite imagery we were always given of objectives and areas of interest. It was good...
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Manas Update: Attention Deficit Disorder to Blame (Who, us?)
Today's Washington Post had an interesting op-ed from the former ambassador from Kyrgyzstan. Not normally the most reliable source, I know, but he has now left Kyrgyzstan and ...
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Amateurs talk tactics. Professionals, meanwhile...
The ability of U.S.-led forces to secure and protect the population of Afghanistan is the most pressing question we face in the next 18 months in Central Asia. But folks, the ...
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Special Abu Muqawama Interview: Craig Mullaney
We’re joined today by Craig Mullaney, author of the just-released The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education.Craig’s book got an amazing review in Sunday’s Washington Post ...
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Long Judicial Nightmare Finally Over
Well, that was fun. I reported for jury duty on 6 Jan. I finished today. So just keep that in mind the next time Phil Carter tells you something is your "civic duty." The ...