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... Most notable was his intention to extract 10,000 soldiers this year and 23,000 more by next summer, before the height of Afghanistan's ... and innovation remains to be seen. Re: This Week at War: End of the COIN Era? My first thought on the number was: Is ...

Blog post - Jun 23 2011 - 1:30pm - 64 comments - 0 attachments

... We, as a nation, are having a crisis of honor. Last week the Attorney General nominee Judge Michael Mukasey refused to define ... enemy would use torture at the slightest whim. If this is the case, then waterboarding is unquestionably being used as torture ...

Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... Remains were recovered over several days during the past week and were flown to Dover Air Force Base, Del., for scientific ... Re: Captain Michael Scott Speicher I've followed this story, with all its twists, since I got home from Desert Storm. I'm glad ...

Blog post - Aug 2 2009 - 4:33pm - 6 comments - 0 attachments

... Private Danny Chen, who took his own life in Afghanistan this past October after being physically and verbally abused by up to 8 fellow ... Chen had been mistreated virtually every day of his six-week stint in Afghanistan. They said he had been called a “gook,” a ...

Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 1:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments

... 2011. 395 pp., $30 Editor's Note:  This review originally appeared in the Marine Corps Gazette, 96, no. 4, p 84. ... willing and able to sacrifice an entire regiment every week in order to kill a company of Americans. Not occasionally but every week, ...

Blog post - May 22 2012 - 7:29am - 22 comments - 0 attachments

... delusion’ ( Komer , p. 78). Indeed, a feature of this symposium, which attracted some publicity, was a mood of almost apologetic ... papers have been uncovered ahead of a High Court bid this week to secure a public inquiry into the 1948 Batang Kali killings. ...

Journal Article - Apr 16 2012 - 4:44am - 23 comments

... communities. The Department of Defense had identified this critical capability gap by 2004, and by 2005 had directed the Services to ... classes for 10 months, then sustainment training once a week. This didn't do a whole lot of good when 6-months prior to deployment the ...

Journal Article - Mar 20 2012 - 5:26am - 30 comments

... Download the Full Article: How Afghanistan Ends This paper presents a scenario for resolution of the Afghan conflict in a ... been other times when I agreed with their judgment (last week there was an angry, personal attack against Bob Cassidy and they removed ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 11:22pm - 120 comments

... approach to the drug cartels.  Much of this analysis, however, appears to be an attempt to redefine what constitutes ... blood if ALL visa issuances were stopped for more than a week. For any reason. The consulates are under constant threat, much like ...

Journal Article - Dec 27 2011 - 6:10am - 42 comments

... to link to individual articles but recognizes that this trend is a sign of the times (no pun intended). We will continue as long ... - VOA UN Aims to Triple Syria Observer Team Next Week - AP Syria Ceasefire 'Very Fragile', More Monitors on ...

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