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Sorry, GOP ...
... but torture still doesn't work. Abu Muqawama doesn't mean to get all partisan today, but those of you who read this blog regularly know that Abu Muqawama went through the ...
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Beyond Iraq: Speech by GEN James T. Conway
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted a lunchtime speech by US Marine Corps Commandant General James T. Conway on October 15, 2007 at the Willard InterContinent...
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Blackwater Air
Goodness me. Afghanistan Watch and afghanistanica have posted the in-flight voice recorder transcript to a Blackwater-piloted flight that killed three U.S. soldiers in Afghani...
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All you need to know about COIN in tribal areas...
... the great Colonel McCallister has squeezed into a pamphlet. 72 pages, folks. Short enough for even a Marine to read. (Thanks, Small Wars Journal!)...
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All Abu Muqawama wants for Christmas ...
... is this book....
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MAGTF's rule
Charlie hopes that the proposal to move Marine units out of Anbar province and re-orient the Corps to Afghanistan sparks some serious debate. It's both controversial and poten...
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Charlie is sorry...
...sorry that Abu Muqawama missed the only back-to-back homers from Manny and Ortiz this season. Love that dirty water! And she would have enjoyed the game more if Abu Muqawam...
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Divided Loyalties
My goodness, what on Earth is Abu Muqawama going to do? Scotland in quarterfinals of the World Cup, the Red Sox in the ALDS, and both games on at the same damn time. He's just...
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Afghanistan: Sending a Message
Now, this is what Abu Muqawama likes to see. Abu Muqawama has long said he doesn't really mind the British pulling out of Iraq as long as they beef up their presence in Afghan...
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Hitchens
Charlie isn't sure how Abu Muqawama feels about Christopher Hitchens, but she's always been rather conflicted about him. Is he the most irritating ex-pat British commentator t...
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The Church of Baseball
Well, the Sox announced their presence with authority on Wednesday. The Yanks? Not so much. (Maybe they should try breathing through their eyelids.) And while Charlie doesn't ...
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Books-A-Million
Does the much maligned field of Political Science have anything to offer practitioners or analysts of counter-insurgency? My Marine colleagues would be quick to say no and go ...
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More on books...
While I'm at it... The flip side of the reading list below might be a compilation of books that an interested civilian would read in order to better understand the military. C...
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Charlie calls the ball...
Abu Muqawama's alter ego is otherwise occupied for a few days, so frequent reader Charlie has the ball until his return. Her nearly finished PhD is in political science, not a...
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First Public Address by Admiral Mike Mullen
Admiral Mullen was appointed on October 1, 2007, as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He takes over leadership of the most powerful and influential military in the wo...
By Admiral Mike Mullen
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The IED
It's hard to think of a more effective weapon than the IED (Improvised Explosive Device). Thought it can take the form of a roadside bomb or jury-rigged land mine, the U.S. mi...
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The Horrors of War
Speaking of Phil Carter, he sent along this article by Damien Cave from Iraq, knowing the unit profiled -- the most deployed unit in the U.S. Army since 9/11 -- was the first ...
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Charlie on Charlie
Regarding yesterday's post, Abu Muqawama operative "Charlie" (she's a civilian, so you do not salute her) wonders if Charles Dunlap has gotten around to asking any failed coun...
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National Security Human Capital
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National Security Human Capital
CNAS Launch: The Future of U.S. Ground ForcesDr. John J. Hamre moderated the discussion of the CNAS report “Shaping U.S. Ground Forces for the Future: Getting Expansion Right,” written by Michèle Flournoy and Tammy Schul...
By Michael O’Hanlon & Michèle Flournoy