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2011
For 2010, I attempted to read the proverbial tea leaves and predict the future, with mixed success. Over the last year, I came to realize that it matters less to me whether I can call an event correctly before it … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Economy, Government, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Myanmar, News, North Korea, Pakistan, Politics, Predictions, Somalia, Syria, Taliban, United States, Venezuela, World Watch
Tagged 2011, acts of terrorism, Afghanistan, Economy, Government, Insolvency, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Medicare, North Korea, Pakistan, Social Security, Somalia, Spending, Syria, Terrorism, uncertainty, United States, Venezuela
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2010: The news that wasn’t
To me, 2010 was defined as much by what did not happen as by what did. It was an anxious year, one that could have been far worse or far better. Last January 1, I endeavored to make several predictions … Continue reading
Posted in History, News, Predictions, World Watch
Tagged 2010, Afghanistan, Iran, Obama, Pakistan, Petraeus, Predictions, Tea Party, United States, Venezuela
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Ineptitude or desensitization?
Recent failed terrorist attacks (the latest apparently in Rome) seem to indicate a terrorist enemy in shambles, pressed hard on every side and scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to operatives capable of carrying out meaningful attacks, … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Current Operations, Defense, Government, Groups, Intelligence, Italy, Military, Nations, News, Pakistan, Security, Somalia, United States, War on Terror, World Watch
Tagged Afghanistan, attacks, Government, Intelligence, Military, Pakistan, Somalia, strategy, Terrorism, vigilance
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McChrystal’s Box
The Obama administration faces a crisis that has tested governments time and again: a general commanding a theater of operations who is not afraid to speak his mind or carve out his own direction. General Stanley McChrystal made his willingness … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Culture, Current Operations, Defense, Foreign Policy, Government, History, Military, Nations, News, Politics, United States, World Watch
Tagged administration, Afghanistan, chain of command, commander-in-chief, generational military, hereditary military, McChrystal, Military, Obama
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Fighting war in the public eye
The recent release of a previously classified military video by the website WikiLeaks has once again reignited the firestorm over the nature of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A central thesis of the people who oppose the war(s) based … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Culture, Current Operations, Entities, Ethics, Iraq, Media, Military, Nations, News, Philosophy, Society, United States, West, the, World Watch
Tagged Afghanistan, evidence, Iraq, Media, Military, War
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