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Friday, August 7, 2009

The War in Afghanistan 2558 Days and Counting

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To put Afghanistan in prospective. World War II lasted 2175 days counting from Sept 1, 1939 to Aug 15, 1945. Our Civil War was three days sh...

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

It's The Schools Stupid!

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ADMIRAL MULLEN AND GREG MORTENSON MORTENSEN OPENING A SCHOOL AFGHAN GIRLS LEARNING. The previous posts have been focusing on what is goin...

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Tell Me How This Ends, Afghan Redux

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Afghanistan continues to command our attention as it begins to resemble Iraq in 2006. The tactics have turned to roadside bombs that killed ...

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Afghanistan and Failed States

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Steve DeAngelis of Enterra Solutions has a couple of timely posts that call attention to the broken parts of our world. The first addresses...

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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Thomas Ricks Wanat Battle: Part (V) Underestimating the Threat

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Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876 Clark Field, Dec 8, 1941 Isandlwana, 1879 The last stand of the survivors of Her Majesty's 44th Foot a...

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Reads of the Week.

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Barak Obama's Administration picks Burned NATO trucks Pakistan First Vietnamese-American Congressmen Joseph Cao , Louisiana Leading ...

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HISTORYGUY99: U.S. Army Vietnam veteran,who came home, and had a 30 year career in global logistics. After the turn of the century, re-purposed myself by obtaining an advanced degree in history. My current quest is to spend the rest of my life connecting the next generations to a future worth creating, by understanding the past. Currently I am a history professor with University of Phoenix, a contributor to USNI Naval History blog and Contributing Analysis at Wikistrat:The Next Generation in Geopolitical Strategy

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