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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...
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My goodness, some people have way too much time to devote to Red Sox-Yankees
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ANZAC Day
What am I doing up before five on a Saturday? Going to the ANZAC Day service at the Korean War Memorial to honor America's most loyal ally. (They even fought in Vietnam, for g...
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American woman! Stay away from me!
Hahahaha. What, our womenfolk are too tough for you Pashtun men to handle? Yeah, but seriously, I can sympathize. Armed "western white women" can certainly be a little vicious...
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We don't %$#@ing do it.
I'm sorry I have been away for the past week, facilitating a war game for your beloved corps. One of the research assistants here at CNAS informed me that I had missed a whole...
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New Media and War
For those who are interested and in the Washington, DC area, I will be speaking -- along with Bill Roggio and the folks from Small Wars Journal -- at three o'clock tomorrow at...
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Like Father, Like Son?
Man, oh man. Just look at Mutassim Qaddafi with Secretary Clinton. How. Awesome. Is. This. Suit? (Answer: very.) Does the Qaddafi Family have the greatest fashion sense in wor...
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National Security Human Capital
Book Discussion: The Defense of Jisr al-DoreaaFrom the lessons they learned during multiple tours in Iraq these two veterans wrote, The Defense of Jisr al-Doreaa, a concise guide for the conduct of counterinsurgency opera...
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Better late than never...
Interesting idea:The Pentagon’s senior military leaders are worried that the security situation in Afghanistan is stalemated or deteriorating, and now are preparing a far-reac...
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Scrap the Air Force?
Not even on my worst days do I go as far as this guy: At the moment, the Army, Navy and Marine Corps are at war, but the Air Force is not. This is not the fault of the Air Fo...
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Okay, this is great reporting.
From today's New York Times. Many of you already spotted this. Man, is it incredible....
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Close the War Colleges? (Updated)
Boy, Tom sure isn't afraid to make people angry: Want to trim the federal budget and improve the military at the same time? Shut down West Point, Annapolis and the Air Force...
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Good Great News on Sunday
The Washington Post: The Army last month stopped accepting felons and recent drug abusers into its ranks as the nation's economic downturn helped its recruiting, allowing it ...
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Are we really going to have to put up with this for a year?
The world's most pompous musician makes his debut for the Times. If this isn't his debut -- and if he has written something already -- don't tell me....
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Brilliant Orange
Get some! It would have cooler had they sunk the mother ship. Or at least told France where they could sink it. Those French, man, hate themselves some pirates. MOGADISHU, So...
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Jack Keane at the Hoover Institution
Okay, now that you have that crazy Turkish song about Obama in your head, watch and listen to this five-part interview with Big Jack Keane on NationalReviewTV. Keane looks lik...