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Border Woes
Interesting news from Bannu, in the NWFP:
A suspected American missile bombarded a village deep inside Pakistani territory Wednesday, officials said, marking what appears to be the first time the U.S. has struck beyond the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.
Six alleged militants were killed.
Hours after the strike, a large Islamist political party warned it would block two [...]
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?It means you must hire what you cannot inspire. Remember that.?
Danger Room gave Robert Young Pelton a chance to talk about his craft: namely, hyping himself as he hangs out with dangerous men in dangerous situations. The result, as TLC might say, is really damned unpretty. Does the military not “hire” people by offering truly astounding financial incentives to “inspire” people to sign up? Maybe [...]
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Can we learn from the recent past?
Now that the war in Afghanistan is 86 months old and the U.S. government is finally, sort of, just now starting to try to get its act together (though the latest memetic scourge infecting DC, “arming the tribes,” is such a terrible idea even the Afghan parliament is begging Karzai and the U.S. not [...]
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