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Oh, so it's okay when the Times says it?
Following Sec. Gates's ill-advised comments about NATO soldiers deploying to Afghanistan poorly trained for counterinsurgency, this was the lead headline in the Times of Londo...
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More on McCallister and Pakistan
Fellow blogger Afghanistanica makes an excellent point in our comments:"Political and military planners must therefore take into account that the overall tribal sociopolitical...
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More on Al-Libi's Death
Notable about al-Libi's death is that like just about anything else in Afghanistan, it was announced by the insurgents and terrorists before it was announced by ISAF. Is ISAF...
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Al-Qaeda's #3: Killed Again
When Abu Muqawama asked him about some of the lessons he learned over the course of a long and distinguished military career, Gen. John Abizaid said the following: "Yeah. I've...
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Impasse politique totale: Abu Muqawama is sick and tired and refuses to write another word
Ce ne sont pas les arguments qui manquent au président du Parlement libanais, Nabih Berri, pour justifier les reports de semaine en semaine de l'élection d'un président de la ...
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Afghanistan a failed state? (Again?)
From David Axe over at Danger Room: "Afghanistan risks sliding into a failed state and becoming the "forgotten war" because of deteriorating international support and a growin...
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Operating in Pakistan's Tribal Regions
The American cultural legacy fosters a rational interpretation of the world. U.S. strategic design processes are therefore rational and mechanistic. Tribal society, on the oth...
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The MSM [Hearts] Abu Muqawama
We know a lot of reporters who read this blog, but it's mainly for the snarky comments. This might be the first time the media has actually quoted us. (Seriously, what are rea...
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A Monolithic Pashtunwali?
A quick note on the ongoing discussions about engaging the tribes in Pakistan and Afghanistan: Much I have seen written in the press and by military authors on the tribal code...
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So the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and Arab Unity walk into a bar...
[via Arabist] Al-Jazeera English has a new, nine-part series on Arab Unity. This is Part I:...
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Losing One's Head
This past weekend, Abu Muqawama was hanging out in his favorite Pakistani restaurant. He and a friend were the only customers in the place, and we were having a conversation w...
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Winograd
The final Winograd Report on Israeli performance during the 2006 War gets released today. Abu Muqawama is going to be running around for the next few hours, so when the report...
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Huh. Now this is interesting...
About one in six combat troops returning from Iraq have suffered at least one concussion in the war, injuries that, while fleeting, could heighten their risk of developing po...
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Lipstick on a Pig
"Ambitious goals were chosen for the war, after which Israel was left with only two main alternatives - the first was a short, severe strike [on Hezbollah], the second was to ...
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What, exactly, do they do?
Recently, Kip's real-life persona was at a meeting held by the Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance (JCISFA). The meeting sought to gain lessons-learned f...
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National Security Human Capital
Achieving Unity of Effort in Interagency OperationsIn testimony given to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Flournoy writes that "In the last two decades, the United States has experienced s...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Deptartment of How the Hell Did This Happen?
Why is Johan Santana going to the Mets? I mean really, what cosmic forces aligned to let this happen? Why isn't he joining Josh Beckett to form the greatest pitching line-up...
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Death Squads Threaten Surge
Following up on AM's post regarding the fragility of the surge, veteran military correspondent Joe Galloway has a column up on the effect of targeted killings of CLC members b...
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Surge to Victory?
As Colin Kahl explained, correctly, in Middle East Policy, the recent drop in violence in Iraq can be chalked up to four things: 1. The Surge and the new U.S. population-centr...
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Big Changes for Big Army
We bitch a lot around here. And when you're on your way to losing two wars, some serious soul-searching is called for. But we'd be remiss if we didn't note those occasions w...