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[The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely] The Revolution in Military Affairs and the New American Way of War ...: One of Shimko’s many interesting observations is that exuberance after the first Iraq War led to an overconfidence, among civilian and military leadership alike, that wars would be short and easy, as would postwar occupations - the sort of hubris that constitutes part of what Andrew Bacevich calls “the new American militarism.” That exuberance likely played an important role in the costly delays in adopting counterinsurgency programs in Afghanistan and Iraq.

[Raw Story] Last US combat brigade pulls out of Iraq | Raw Story: This wasn't the case with Vietnam which America left in such a hurry that American's Vietnamese allies were literally deserted, left to be murdered. Vietnam was one war that the US actually lost.

[The Moral Liberal] Muslim Soldier Refuses Deployment: Won't be Part of Any War “U.S. ...: As for the unstated “American values” he mentioned, I hope we resurrect the almost lost American value of accountability in his case. This would mean forcing him to repay the Army its investment in him and giving him a nice long stretch in a very American prison.

[Eurasia Review - Facebook Feed] Muslim Soldier Refuses Deployment: Common sense dictates that Abdo should not be deployed to a war zone, as someone harboring his beliefs would be a danger to fellow soldiers, if only because he cannot be relied upon to execute his duties.  But he doesn’t qualify for conscientious-objector status, either.  Note that the Department of Defense (DOD) instruction on conscientious objection states that to qualify for the status an individual must sincerely object “to participation as a combatant in war in any form.”  The DOD then elaborates:

[American Renaissance News] American Renaissance News: Muslim Soldier Refuses Deployment: The Army is about to court-martial a lieutenant colonel (doctor) for refusing orders to go to the middle east because he wants proof that Obama was born in th U.S. Let us see how this loser Abdo is treated. My guess: he will get a general discharge and may be eligible for some VA benefits.

[The L Magazine - New York City's Local Event and Arts & Culture Guide] The War in Iraq Is "Over" | The Measure | The L Magazine - New ...: The last American combat brigade has withdrawn from Iraq and about a fortnight ahead of the official August 31 changeover from "Operation Iraqi Freedom" to "Operation New Dawn". 50000 American troops remain in Iraq, of course, .

[Patrick J. Buchanan] A Neocon Preps US for War with Iran « Patrick J. Buchanan: However, Goldberg’s obsession with “aflatoxin” didn’t stand up too well after the U.S.-led invasion found no evidence that Iraq still had bio-weapons stockpiles. Regarding aflatoxin, Charles Duelfer, the Bush administration’s chief weapons inspector in Iraq, concluded that there was “no evidence to link those tests [of aflatoxin] with the development of biological weapons agents for military use.”

[Enduring America] UPDATED Afghanistan/Iraq/Iran Video and Transcript: Petraeus ...: GREGORY: But you, even””I mean there’s a lot of things that have to be done, and you talk about getting the big ideas right. And yet, it seems like one of the biggest ideas that you have yet to surmount is the fact that there are Afghans sitting on the fence because they don’t trust the government, they””there’s no love lost for the Taliban, but at least perhaps they can turn to them, or they fear retribution, and everybody in the region is now aware that the days of U.S. troops being here actively securing the country are numbered.

[Wednesday-Night] Wednesday-Night - » Iraq: Over the years that followed, he worked as a contract-based adviser to leaders in Iraq’s Kurdish community, while also arguing passionately in public media that Iraq’s Kurds should be given maximum independence from Baghdad - including full control over any new sources of oil. But in June 2004, more quietly, Galbraith also established a small, U.S.-registered company, Porcupine, that held a five percent stake in a newly exploited oilfield in Iraqi Kurdistan, a Norwegian daily revealed last Saturday.

[Jeep Wrangler] Jeep Wrangler » Blog Archive » Land Rover Defender - Sheet Metal ...: The bulk of the division’s work was the construction of stretched-wheelbase mobile workshops and crew carriers for British and European utility companies, often including 6-wheel-drive conversions, but more unusual projects were undertaken, such as the construction of an amphibious Land Rover Ninety used by the company as part of its sponsorship of Cowes Week from 1987-90. The Special Projects division also handled specialised military contracts, such as the building of a fleet of 127-inch (3,226 mm) V8-powered Rapier missile launchers for the British Army.

[Sephari - Israel] Knowing our Own Limitations « Sephari - Israel: >Resolve the Israeli- Palestinian .>Candidates should never change a previously held position: Peopleâ€â™s ideas, beliefs and values often change over time, so why shouldnâ€â™t they be expected to modify certain positions based on experience and new information ?

[Commentary] Commentary » Blog Archive » Petraeus on Afghanistan: Well, the outcome in Iraq is still to be written, but if you could reduce the level of violence by some 90 to 95 percent, as was the case in Iraq, to below a threshold which allows commerce and business and outside investment to take place, where there is an election that’s certainly at least elected representatives, and now you have to see if they can come together and form a government that is still representative of and responsive to the people, as was the previous one. If that can all be achieved there, that would be a reasonable solution here as well.

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[WE Blog] GOP revives culture wars at its peril | WE Blog | Wichita Eagle Blogs: “So why are conservatives riled up about illegal immigration, same-sex marriage and mosque building? “The merits of the issues aside, if Republicans believe that the key to victory this year is to refight the culture wars, they are mistaken”

[SWJ Blog] The Cognitive Dissonance of COIN (SWJ Blog): In Afghanistan, the border is too long to be closed by the forces that the United States has been willing and able to commit, and these forces are also prohibited from occupying territory in Pakistan. Consequently, the Taliban have been able to maintain a hit-and-run campaign from sanctuaries, at a level low enough to permit the Taliban to replace their losses indefinitely.

[Politico Live's Blog] Petraeus downplays July 2011 timeline - POLITICO Live - POLITICO.com: Reilly, and Josh Kraushaar. Complete coverage of Iraq, Immigration, House and Senate Races in 2008, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and more.

[Combined Arms Center Blog] Doubts about U.S. tactics shadow war in Afghanistan By William M ...: In closing, there are a ton of great methods, tools, and techniques that led to the success of the Iraq war however we need to be cautious in trying to implement lessons learned from Iraq and use them to accomplish strategic, operational, and tactical tasks in Afghanistan.  In order for success in Afghanistan we as commanders need to put Iraq solutions to the side for now and conduct proper mission analysis of the current threat and dynamics around both Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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