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Gates on NATO Allies
"I'm worried we have some military forces that don't know how to do counterinsurgency operations." -- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking on NATO allies in Afghanistan...
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Continuing Nagl coverage...
(Sorry, update VI just seemed absurd.) Indulge Charlie in one more Nagl story for the day; she's pretty sure you won't regret it. Spend some time with his review of Brian Tur...
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LTC John Nagl to retire
Readers of this blog will surely be interested in Tom Ricks' article this morning on LTC Nagl's pending retirement. One of the Army's most prominent younger officers, whose wr...
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Ugh...
...events such as this are giving Abu Muqawama reservations about moving back to Beirut this summer. BEIRUT, Lebanon — A bomb evidently meant to destroy an American Embassy ca...
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Iraqi Reconciliation? Not quite.
Intrepid reporter Spencer asks the tough questions about the new Iraqi reconciliation law:This de-Baathification law sounds worse than not having a law in the first place. The...
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File Under: Revolution Eats its Children (Pakistan Edition)
Long article this morning from veteran NYT Pakistan and Afghanistan reporters Carlotta Gall and David Rhode. In addition to a detailed background of the ISI's involvement wit...
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The Tyranny of Contractors, part the millionth
There's lots of good commentary on the role of contractors on the battlefield, but Charlie wants to address an issue a bit closer to home. Or, more precisely, her office. Her...
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Profile of Gen Conway, CMC
Just in case any of you think Charlie has unfairly characterized the Commandant of the Marine Corps, check out this excellent profile of him from the Wall Street Journal: But...
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The Rambo Syndrome
The New York Times today has the first article in an investigation into violent incidents perpetrated by returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Town by town across the ...
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National Museum of the Marine Corps
Charlie took her long-legged sister to the National Museum of the Marine Corps this weekend. It is fantastic. An excellent blend of hardware displays, interactive features, ...
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Austin #2, Odierno Heading Home
Abu Muqawama will be traveling on business these next few days. Some of you might even be "lucky" enough to hear his alter ego speak at a few events. Until Thursday, though, C...
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PKVR and the 2002 War Game
What a sick, twisted world it is in which Abu Muqawama lives when a war game can be considered "legendary." But that's what the 2002 war game -- in which Lt.Gen. Paul K. Van R...
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Saturday COIN Links
Abu Muqawama, at this very minute, is editing a paper, listening to Conrad Crane on C-SPAN, and also providing a link to the Conrad Crane interview here. (Conrad Crane, an his...
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Bob Bateman vs. E-mail Scammers
Abu Muqawama is posting this because The Bateman, when he gets bored or pissed off at Victor Davis Hanson, can be really, really funny...Since Charlie and Abu Muqawama continu...
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And now, a rare moment of sympathy for the Air Force
Abu Muqawama may be heartless and whine that the Air Force eats up too much budget -- fighting, as we are, two low-tech wars -- but when F-15s start falling out of the sky, th...
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Violent Deaths in Iraq: The Numbers Debate Continues
If you're reading U.S. newspapers, it's tough to find the Iraq and Afghanistan stories for all the articles on the election. There's a lot of silly stuff being said, with this...
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Family Business
Charlie is off-con for a few days entertaining her ridiculously long-legged sister (unless there's breaking Afg-USMC news). She should be back just in time for AM to start tr...
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Marines to Afghanistan, Take 2
The AP is reporting that US Marines are once again preparing to go to Afghanistan, this after Secretary Gates essentially told CMC earlier this fall "over my dead body."The Pe...
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Rogers vs. Gentile in Armed Forces Journal
A few days ago, Abu Muqawama received over e-mail the proofs for the new edition of Armed Forces Journal. There is some good stuff in this latest issue, including a thoughtful...
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Ralph Peters dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam, of course.
Whereas what we have here? A bunch of fig-eaters wearing towels on their heads, trying to find reverse in a Soviet tank. This is not a worthy adversary. - Walter Sobchak One o...