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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 tra...
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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...
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"Look, Hezbollah are Lebanese patriots"
Holy cow, we know you all want to talk about last night's national championship game, but everyone who reads this blog needs to read Matt Matthews's interview with retired Isr...
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New Website for GLORIA
Public service announcement: Barry Rubin's Israel-based think tank has a new website. Abu Muqawama finds some interesting articles in Rubin's MERIA journal from time to time, ...
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"Hail Mary" in Pakistan
One day my interpreter told me a joke about Nigeria surpassing Pakistan in that year’s ranking of the world’s most corrupt nations. “We bribed the Nigerians to go first. Abu M...
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The Last Testament of George MacDonald Fraser
No surprise that the last testament of the man who created Flashman would be a rant against political correctness. A must read. (Even if it is from the quasi-fascist Daily Mai...
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Iranian Naval "Swarming" Tactics
Five Iranian speedboats harassed three US navy ships at the weekend, approaching them and radioing a threat to blow them up, US officials say. The incident happened as the US...
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And you were depressed about the fact that our elected representatives don't know the difference between a Sunni and a Shia?
Well, you not going to like the fact that Americans can't identify Iraq on a map. So much for the theory about Americans learning geography through war......
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Presidential Politics
We don't talk much about partisan politics here at Abu Muqawama, which suits its authors just fine. Which is not to say we don't care about them: while AM was avoiding Iowa co...
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I yearn to dress with the authority of a kleptocratic cannibal
Charlie's myriad interests intersect so rarely that she just had to direct your attention to one such cosmic instance: confidante and culture maven Cintra Wilson's most recent...
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SOF to Pakistan?
NYT is reporting that the US is considering sending special operations forces to the tribal areas in Pakistan. This has obviously been discussed before, but it's thought that ...
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You Want Some Islam?
Because the New York Times Book Review this week is all about some Islam. There are review articles by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, Max Rodenbeck, Irshad Manji, Rashid Khal...
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Jihadis in Pakistan
Long article in this week's NYT Mag on jihadis in Pakistan. Seriously down in the weeds. Charlie is still parsing it, but we'll offer more detailed commentary later in the wee...
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George MacDonald Fraser, RIP
The author of one of Abu Muqawama's favorite series of books passed away this week at 82. (Charlie is still woefully remiss in not having read them; maybe she'll spend some bi...
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How Many Iraqis Have Died Since 2003?
Remember the famous Lancet report which caused such a stir in 2006? The one that argued more than 10 times as many Iraqis had died since 2003 than any other source (pro-govern...
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The Final Post of U.S. Army Maj. Andrew Olmsted
MAJ Andrew Olmsted, a U.S. Army officer and blogger serving in Iraq, died in an ambush Thursday. Take the time this weekend to read his final blog post. It's worth your time, ...