RSS- Tit for tat until it all goes boom
- Deadly H5N1 avian influenza strain detected on mainland Antarctica
- “BYD is launching its next-gen Blade EV battery soon with more range and even lower cost”
- Iran launches air attacks on Israel
- ISW on the developing Ukrainian defense industrial base and Russias strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure
- Britain? Kaput! By Walrus.
- Declaration “Dignitas Infinita” on Human Dignity
- The situation and some possible courses of action … A Pat Lang post reposted from 26 February 2022
- HARPER: COL. W. PATRICK LANG R.I.P.
- A Note On Our Folly By Walrus
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Advice for the Democratic Party
Today I heard Senator Christopher Dodd say that the US should begin to withdraw its forces next month at the rate of two and a half brigades a month, drawing down to a level of zero troops by some date … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Petraeus and Crocker – Interesting
Today’s joint testimony before the house of representatives was more interesting than I had expected. There were a number of things to be heard if one listened closely. Petraeus: – General Casey requested the increase in forces that people have … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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“Dead Certain” a review by Richard Wolffe
"Draper emerges with a treasure trove of detail and anecdotes, but he often doesn’t delve — or isn’t allowed to delve — into the deeper questions. Early in his book Dead Certain, he tells the story of Bush’s failed bid … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Current Affairs, Prose
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A New Campaign Against the IAEA
"Diplomats accredited to the IAEA say ElBaradei is under U.S. pressure over a recent IAEA-Iran working plan committing Tehran to fully clear up its past nuclear activities by year’s end. "We have a timeline which would enable us by … … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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“The Iraq Tribal Study, June 2006” is available on “The Athenaeum.”
This is the work that Walter Pincus mentioned a week or so ago in the Washington Post. pl
Posted in Ukraine Crisis
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Krauthammer finally explains our Iraq policy
The good doctor has done us a favor. In this oped inserted in the Post by his Flatheadian comrade (what an unfortunate word!), Frad Hiatt, he has finally explained to us in clear language what it is that "they" meant … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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A “Palaver” of Flatheads?
I am much taken with the neologism "flathead" coined here among us. Such a word deserves a plural in the spirit of an "exaltation" of larks or a "murder" of crows. Nominations are open. The Indian gentleman is from the … Continue reading
Posted in Ukraine Crisis
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“Prediction Validated – China and the Dollar” The National Interest
"Last year, in laying out various scenarios for how the United States might choose to confront Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapons program ("Contemplating the Ifs", The National Interest, Summer 2006), W. Patrick Lang and Larry C. Johnson noted that … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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“building a ladder of tribes to the objective” Killcullen/Lawrence
"The other implication is that, to be perfectly honest, the pattern we are seeing runs somewhat counter to what we expected in the “surge”, and therefore lies well outside the “benchmarks”. The original concept was that we (the Coalition and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, The Military Art
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Friedman and Brooks- Inhabitants of a Flat Earth
By that I mean that they live in a specialized world of their own imagination in which the needs of; career, editorial boards, producers, and vapid news program hosts are the stuff of dreams come and gone. Friedman wrote a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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