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I just watched the Frontline documentary on Afghanistan. It is really excellent. All Americans seeking to understand the debates on Afghanistan and whether or not to pursue a counterinsurgency strategy there should watch it. John Nagl, Bill Mayville ...
Joe Biden is in Beirut. Unless, something crazy happens, like Biden waving a Hizballah flag and marching to the Fatima Gate, I stand by what I told Laura Rozen a few days ago about this:
"I think there is probably some realism that March 14 coul...
Seymour Hersh, who has publicly distanced himself from the wack-job conspiracy theory -- promulgated by al-Manar and NewTV in Lebanon -- that the United States was behind the assassination of Rafik Hariri, has nonetheless opened a can of worms with h...
Gian Gentile passed along this highly entertaining Australian documentary on the United States Military Academy featuring another friend of the blog, Craig Mullaney (and a funny picture of The...
The most important line in this article on the fighting in Swat:The government has not helped, refugees said, with its erratic, seesawing efforts to appease and fight the militants. Some said they...