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Journal: Chuck Spinney Sends–Viet-Nam RMK-BRJ Reprise….Wanna Fix New Orleans? Just move it to Afghanistan….
… because, even though Obama may think he is weighing his policy “options,” the Pentagon is busily politically engineering the the flow of infrastructure funds needed to lock in the constituent support for its Long War. 2014 or Bust: The Pentagon’s Afghan Building Boom Nick Turse and Tom Engelhardt, November 06, 2009 In our day, …
CENTCOM Week in Review Ending 5 Nov 09
Hot Topics AA: Europe reluctant to send more troops to Afghanistan 11/03/09 AA: Russia Is Dying To Learn Its Census Data 11/04/09 AA: Australia unlikely to send more troops 11/05/09 AA: Der Spiegel: Mossad hacked Syrian computer to uncover nuclear site 11/02/09 AA: India, Pak again resorting to blame game 11/05/09 AF: Anti-American rumors gain …
Journal: Afghanistan–The Arithmetic of the Frontier
Boston Globe By H.D.S. Greenway November 3, 2009 PRESIDENT OBAMA is doing the arithmetic of fighting in Afghanistan and figuring the odds of Pakistan pulling through. He must not only add up the numbers of soldiers he wants to hand over to his generals, but must also measure what is achievable against what his country …
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PACOM Week in Review Ending 091101
Hot Topics AA: As US looks for exit in Afghanistan, China digs in 10/31/09 AU: China is not a strategic threat: Australian opposition leader 10/31/09 CN: China’s crime-buster gets a second wind 10/30/09 CN: The monks and the military 10/31/09 CN: US admiral concerned about China military buildup 10/30/09 IN: India rebels ‘got corporate fund’ …
CENTCOM Week in Review Ending 29 Oct 2009
Hot Topics AA: Russia says has not supplied S-300 missiles to Iran 10/28/09 AA: Iran, Egypt cooperation creates difficult situation for Israel: Ahmadinejad 10/28/09 AA: Why India should worry about the turmoil in Pakistan 10/27/09 AF: Pentagon pressed on Afghanistan IEDs 10/29/09 AF: Afghans protest rumored desecration of Koran by US troops 10/25/09 EG: Is …
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Journal: Afghanistan & America’s Loss of Integrity II
Blood for nothing GIs die while Taliban thrives Ralph Peters October 28, 2009 AFGHANISTAN isn’t com pletely hopeless, just use less. It’s a strategic joke with a bloody punch line. Even if everything went perfectly in Afghanistan — which it won’t — the results would be virtually meaningless: Our mortal enemies (above all, al Qaeda) …
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