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Looking at foreign policy, politics, intelligence and war. The fun things of life viewed in a way that should infuriate ideologues of either wing

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Third Time, Lucky?

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The US tried.  It failed.  Ethiopia tried (with US backing.)  It failed.  Now it is Kenya's time.  The third country up in an attempt to...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Foreign Policy Success? What Successes?

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The MSM have been spilling a lot of ink over the "success" of Obama's "leading from behind" doctrine as exhibited in...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

The Hardest Thing To Do--Nothing

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The signs of ascendant, austere, political Islam are unmistakable in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya.  The sharply Islamist party, the Renaissance...
Friday, October 21, 2011

What Victory(ies)?

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Today The Clueless Guy In The Oval announced (as expected) that all US troops other than the embassy guard will be out of Iraq by the end of...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Once More, Adrift At The Policy Level

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"Somebody will have to pay!" So said a high level Saudi royal (is there any other sort of royal?) regarding the Iranian plot to ac...
Monday, October 10, 2011

Going To Hell In (Allah's) Bucket

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Due to cloudy weather, the demands of woodcutting (winter is a-coming on) and the debilities of age, the Geek has been kicking back reading ...
Saturday, October 1, 2011

Small Straws In A Stiff Wind

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There are weeks when the Geek has regretted his lifelong interest in matters of war, diplomacy, and the shadow lands of covert/clandestine a...
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Minor participant in Vietnam War. Member of civilian agency in national security community. Left the bureaucracy for academia. Specialized in counterinsurgency, intelligence and interventionary operations. Published on Vietnam War, counterinsurgency, peacekeeping and intelligence. Lectured widely to service academies and senior schools on these subjects with limited success. Left the academy for consulting on the foregoing areas.
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