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• Of Good Intentions And Imperial Overreach

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 654
  By Steve Hynd Yesterday, my good friend Derrick Crowe posted a quote from a recent piece on just wars by the Center for American Progress. It struck me as perfectly encapsulating the pitfalls of the kind of "we didnt mean to aquire one" notion of benevolent empire Americans seem to have inherited from we Brits. ...
  10 hours ago

• Pelosi and Specter Question U.S. Presence in Afghanistan

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 480
  Speaking to NPR on Friday, United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, questioned the United States’ role in Afghanistan and continued the pattern of Western politicians critical of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. To Pelosi and other Democratic leaders, the United States cannot win in Afghanistan if ...
  20 hours ago

• In Indiana, practice for civilian surge in Afghanistan

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 970
  CAMP ATTERBURY, IND. -- Outside a scruffy, two-story building, armed and flak-jacketed U.S. soldiers stood watch under a sagging Afghan flag. Inside, the provincial governor, a Hamid Karzai look-alike in a striped robe and Karakul cap, pleaded with two tribal elders to get along. Only the Taliban...
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• Nir Rosen’s New Take On Iraq – “An Ugly Peace”

  
  The Ground Truth in Iraq — Authority: 127
  In the November/December 2009 issue of the Boston Review, Nir Rosen has a piece called “An Ugly Peace.” In it, Rosen writes about the new status quo in Iraq that was created by the end of the sectarian war and the U.S. Surge, something that he was reluctant to talk about in previous articles. He writes that ...
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• Indecision 2009

  
  Gathara's World — Authority: 112
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• Société Générale Advises Worlds Wealthy "Elites" To Prepare For Collapse (No Sound But See Comment Text)

  
  Kentuckyanna true news — Authority: 142
  Société Générale Advises Worlds Wealthy "Elites" To Prepare For Collapse (No Sound But See Comment Text)
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• warwhores: failure, funding & finding

  
  media monarchy — Authority: 480
  global warfare USA: the world is the pentagons oyster* army sends infant to protective services, mom to afghanistan* US army arrests mother who failed to turn up for afghanistan deployment* army suicides set another yearly record* nato chief: quick exit from afghanistan will unleash global jihad* how the US funds the ...
  2 days ago

• Oh why are we waiting, why-y are we waaaiting?

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 654
  By Steve Hynd Dan Froomkin asks today what I asked yesterday : whats taking so long with Obamas AfPak decision? And he comes to the same answer: fear of the Wuss Factor . according to Paul R. Pillar, a Georgetown University professor who formerly served as the CIAs chief intelligence analyst for the Middle East, ...
  2 days ago

• Build, Don’t Destroy in Afghanistan: An Open Letter to President Obama

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 651
  Your voice is being heard. Already, thousands of you have signed a letter and contacted the White House urging a new way forward in Afghanistan. Today, Sojourners staff will be meeting with White House officials to hand-deliver the following letter. I…
  2 days ago

• King Karzai?

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 654
  This is a country ruled by kings. The king’s brothers, cousins and sons are all powerful. - Ahmed Wali Karzai, the President’s brother   By Steve Hynd Hamid Karzai has survived his inauguration for a second term as Afghanitans president, and has spoken like a King: he has promised to end graft , appoint a ...
  2 days ago

• How Do You Solve a Problem Like Afghanistan?

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 690
  Spencer Ackerman points me to this Tom Ricks post on David Kilcullen’s speech re: Afghanistan. Ricks on Kilcullen’s central argument: His [Kilcullens] bottom line is that there are two real options in Afghanistan: Either tell the Kabul government we are pulling out, or put in enough troops to actually ...
  2 days ago

• The Surge: The Untold Story

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 504
  Understanding the Surge from ISW on Vimeo . From The Small Wars Journal: The Surge: the Untold Story is a 34 minute documentary produced by the Institute for the Study of War . This video documents the Iraq Surge as part of a population-centric counterinsurgency approach and features many of the top ...
  2 days ago

• Film: The Surge, The Untold Story

  
  Feral Jundi — Authority: 480
  Understanding the Surge from ISW on Vimeo .
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• New RuneScape Surge Spells!

  
  Authspot — Authority: 560
  On the 17th of November, JaGeX, the makers of Runescape, introduced a new and powerful set of spells. These spells are the Surge Spells, the best combat spells in the standard spellbook. The new spells have a maximum hit of 22 for air, 24 for water, 26 for earth, and 28 for fire. This is assuming you are having no ...
  2 days ago

• The Great Need For A Surge Protector

  
  I wanted Info — Authority: 444
  No one wants to end up buying something of low quality especially when the money being used for purchase was earned from working hard. Majority of consumers would of course want to make the most out of their earned money. In terms of shopping for appliances and other electronic device, it is important to include in ...
  2 days ago

• Heavy rains, much flooding expected in UK

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 495
  The UK weather service has told Britain to expect heavy rain Thursday and Friday, accompanied by widespread flooding in northwest England and southwest Scotland. A tidal surge in the Irish Sea could spell flooding in and north of Aberystwyth, Wales and gusting up to 70 miles per hour in some areas could add to the ...
  2 days ago

• Afghan Lessons from the Iraq War

  
  Antiwar.com Original — Authority: 130
  Weve been here before, says Ray McGovern
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• The untold story of the surge in Iraq

  
  PrairiePundit — Authority: 453
  Small Wars Journal has a 34 minute video done by the Institute for the Study of War . It "features many of the top commanders and others responsible for its implementation - including GEN Jack Keane (Ret.), GEN David Petraeus, Amb. Ryan Crocker, GEN Raymond Odierno, GEN Nasier Abadi (Iraq), COL Peter ...
  3 days ago

• Waiting For Obama To Solve The Gordian Knot

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 654
  An Afghan policeman auditions for the role of Estragon By Steve Hynd Even those of us who oppose any kind of McChrystal Plan for troop escalation in Afghanistan are getting a bit antsy waiting for Godot Obama to make his mind up. I realise that its a complex set of issues - a real Gordian Knot, in fact - and ...
  3 days ago

• Surging To A Broken Army?

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 654
  By Steve Hynd Yesterday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mullen told reporters that the Army isnt at a "tipping point" yet, even though the stress of repeated combat deployments has driven Army and Marine Corps  suicides up to a record rate alongside cases of post-traumatic stress. Today, Spencer Ackerman ...
  3 days ago

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