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USAF calls Abu Muqawama "Big Meanie," Pouts in Corner
Charlie is glad to see that, like Sec. Gates, the Air Force reads this blog. Or at least it used to. Seems we've hurt their feelings. Which she can assure you we feel reall...
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How the West was Won
Also in this month's Military Review is a an excellent article on the turn-around in Ramadi through the eyes of the Army. MAJ Niel Smith writes at SWJ Blog:Colonel Sean MacFa...
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Standing Athwart History, Yelling 'Stop'
Abu Muqawama has been reading the new March-April Military Review, which you guys can all find by following this link. The article by LTG William "Braveheart" Wallace is parti...
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Three Reasons to Worry About Iraq
Fred Kaplan has a great connect-the-dots piece on Iraq, taking 3 key news articles and explaining why the honeymoon is nearly over. 1) NYT reports that the Presidential Counci...
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The New Middle East
The Carnegie Endowment has released a major new report on the Middle East with policy recommendations that -- surprise! -- are basically 180 degrees out from the current cours...
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Francis Marion Day
In honor of the unsung Revolutionary War hero, The Swamp Fox, the South Carolina legislature has declared 27 February to be Francis Marion Day. Charlie, an inveterate Jayhawk...
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An Adaptive Enemy
Insurgents begin from a position of weakness and must build strength over time. Survival is precarious in the beginning, and insurgent groups face the accelerated Darwinian l...
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O HAI! WE UPGRADED UR DOKTRIN AGIN
David Axe over at Danger Room has passed judgment on the new FM 3-0 and manages to get in a few choice digs at the U.S. Air Force....
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Administrative Announcements
1. For those of you based in London, Professor Paul Kennedy will be delivering the King's College London Dept. of War Studies Annual Lecture tonight at 17:30 in the Great Hall...
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Can you guys hold off on this until Abu Muqawama's done with his research in the archives? Thanks.
Michael Young doesn't think another war between Israel and Hizbollah is going to break out anytime soon. Abu Muqawama agrees, but Michael argues his case prettier than we coul...
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And hopefully this will be the last we ever hear of this silliness.
But don't you feel bad for the poor XO of the brigade in which this captain served? Poor guy... we bet he was pulling 24-hour duty for a good three days responding to requests...
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The Economics of Assassination
Many of you didn't like what Yossi Melman had to say yesterday with respect to targeted killings. Abu Muqawama didn't actually think what he was arguing was all that controver...
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Good Sense Prevails
Kip would be remiss not to point out reasons' rare victory over the environs of bureaucracy. The Army has announced that it will restore public access to the Reimer Public Lib...
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Good Luck, Phil!!
Good friend and fellow blogger Phil Carter is doing battle with the New York bar exam this week. We here at AM wish him the best of luck and look forward to a celebratory rou...
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I know! Let's have a contest to see who can say the word "hoo-ah" with the most sarcasm.
On the heels of that great New York Times Magazine piece on the Korengal Valley and Kip's comments from earlier today, an old friend of Abu Muqawama -- currently fighting in t...
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Chiarelli (likely) to Iraq
Tom Ricks reads tea leaves so we don't have to!Army Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli appears to be the most likely officer to succeed Gen. David H. Petraeus as top commander of U.S. f...
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AFRICOM: DOA or in Need of Better Marketing?
Matt Armstrong (Mountain Runner) has the answers. Psst... no and yes....
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The Valley Without Joy
Elizabeth Rubin has written the best piece of English-language war reporting from Afghanistan in the last year and possibly of the war. It's excellence forgives a story held ...
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A Terrible Idea
Aviation Week & Space Technology (sorry, Kip can't link to this one) reported today that Ike Skelton is seeking to get the US a three-star command in Afghanistan. The cha...
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No Better Time than Now...For the Navy
While the Air Force has responded to the current operational environment by stonewalling change, the Navy has embraced it. In a multimillion-dollar television, radio and onlin...