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Four Days Later
On Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 2nd Lt. Robert Kelly, USMC, was killed in Afghanistan. Four days later, his father, Lt. Gen. John Kelly, USMC, gave the following speech. He did n...
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This Weekend’s News: Pretty Much Everything Natural Security, Including Comics
I spent this weekend catching up on last week’s news – a busy week, with obviously nothing bigger than the pending British royal weeding (although, we regular Us Weekly reader...
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Read This Now: the Current FP
As you are purchasing reading material for the Thanksgiving holiday next week, I recommend you all pick up the current Foreign Policy and give its natural security-esque artic...
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Northward Bound: Security Review Continues with Canada
Continuing our review of our English-speaking allies’ security reviews, today we feature an excerpt from Canada’s January 2009 report The Future Security Environment 2008-2030...
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UK vs. US: Energy in Defense Strategy
I know, I know… as soon as you heard about the release of the UK Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) in October, you started checking here for a quick comparison to t...
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This Weekend’s News: On the Sidelines in Asia
The New York Times reported on Saturday that Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan held their first formal talks since China and Tokyo clashed over...
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"The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner"
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze. Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life, I woke to black f...
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"Suicide in the Trenches"
I knew a simple soldier boyWho grinned at life in empty joy,Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,And whistled early with the lark.In winter trenches, cowed and glum,With cr...
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"Back"
They ask me where I've been,And what I've done and seen.But what can I replyWho know it wasn't I,But someone just like me,Who went across the seaAnd with my head and handsKill...
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"The Young British Soldier"
When the 'arf-made recruity goes out to the East'E acts like a babe an' 'e drinks like a beast,An' 'e wonders because 'e is frequent deceasedEre 'e's fit for to serve as a sol...
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"War is Kind"
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind,Because your lover threw wild hands toward the skyAnd the affrighted steed ran on alone,Do not weep.War is kind.Hoarse, booming drums of t...
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"Shiloh: A Requiem"
Skimming lightly, wheeling still,The swallows fly lowOver the field in clouded days,The forest-field of Shiloh--Over the field where April rainSolaced the parched ones stretch...
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For U.S.-India Cooperation, Space is the Next Frontier
As President Obama continues his tour through Asia this week, including Monday’s remarks in India, foreign policy-watchers have suggested a number of ways to improve and revit...
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Here's to the Vets
If you can today, thank a veteran for her/his service, or at very least keep America's vets in your thoughts today. Notably, the VA has also launched a new blog - VAntage Poin...
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"A Mujahid's Wish From His Mother"
And here we have a poem written by a young Talib, translated and provided by our friends Alex Strick Van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn, who will publish a book of Taliban poetry ...
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CNAS, NPR and the Indian Ocean
Last night, CNAS hosted the official launch of Robert Kaplan’s new book, Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power. As Nate Fick said in his opening remarks, ...
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Two Quick Links for Veterans
Veterans Day is approaching, and I wanted to post two quick links that all you Iraq and Afghanistan veterans should check out. The first is the new blog at Veterans Affairs, w...
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In the Indian Ocean, Hints Toward the Future of American Power
The twentieth century witnessed Europe unfold as the center of gravity for world history. And in this still early century, the Middle East and South-Central Asia have been foc...
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This Weekend’s News: As President Obama Heads to Indonesia, U.S. Firms Look On
With the president preparing to depart India for Indonesia tomorrow, I thought it was appropriate that The Washington Post had a piece over the weekend on Indonesia, a country...
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Attention, Upstate New York Readers: Your Favorite Bloggers, Together for One Night Only, Next Tuesday
The alternate title Londonstani and I suggested was Two Dope Boyz [in a Cadillac]. Skidmore passed on that idea, but this talk should nonetheless be a lot of fun (for us, if n...