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steve g commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

Did anyone watch the NatGeo one hour special last week. Exactly what Col Lang was referencing. A two hour flight from Kandahar to FOB Cobra. First time an embed had been permitted for an extended...

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Jake commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

"Supposed experts continue to express surprise that the Egyptian electorate is going to vote an Islamist parliament into office. DoH!

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Jake commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

PS: If I were the Israeli's ... I would be more concerned with this development than anything Iran is doing.....

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mbrenner commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

The pressures on Obama from the usual suspects are mounting. Panetta is one of them - and in a position to insulate the Oval office from the prudent voices among the Joint Chiefs - such as they are(as...

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R. Whitman commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

PL In order to make the substantive changes you suggest to the armed forces of the USA, the basis of the entire foreign policy of the country needs to be re-examined and re-imagined. I cannot see any...

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securecare commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

Gideon Rose I say put him in the cockpit of one of those F-15s and let him go at it. Alone.

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Jose commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

Is that the one where they enter a house and the Taliban appear across a field out of nowhere, closing the avenues of retreating forcing the SF Team to go forward into an ambush? I , sadly, recommended...

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William R. Cumming commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

Won't vote for Paul but he may yet win, in or out of the Republican party. The rest of PL's approach seems common sensible. But that means probably won't happen.

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mbrenner commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

The Colonel did not mention the story of Barney Frank's dedication to 'compromise' on the triggered budget cuts (supposedly) to be applied. So here's another wager offered. Ten pounds of the best Texas...

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seydlitz89 commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

Thank you Col. Lang. Astute observations sir. Having read Galula, I was always a bit confused as to the proclaimed connection between neocon COIN and that of the French military officer/theorist. David...

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JohnH commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

"I'd bet anyone a pound of the best Texas beef jerky that Obama never will launch strikes against Iran." Let's hope you're right. But you can bet that the Obama team has studied the lessons of the...

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Fred commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

"We're all Israeli's now"? How so? The US faces no existential threat from Iran - real or imagined. Are we a religious theocracy? Other than a large portion of GOP primary voters, no. Too bad inside...

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jr786 commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

"now we are all Israelis." Not me, thank you. Not that I read it much but that magazine is now one less thing to consider. Maybe it's so obvious that it doesn't need mentioning but do any of the...

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Roy G. commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

I learned something new today: Many here are familiar with General Smedley Butler, and 'War Is a Racket.' Fun fact about the ringleader abortive coup planned by a cabal of Wall Street heavies in the...

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optimax commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

Now that I'm Israeli I want my gomint paid health insurance.

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Farmer Don commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

"The man is a coward through and through who has not the nerve to take risky actions whose consequences are unpredictable and, above all, unspinnable." Who was it who finally got Bin Laden? Who fought...

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Adam L Silverman commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

RoyG and Mr. Shreffler: You'll find a good posting on Maj. Gen. Butler's activities here, with bibliographic references: http://coat.ncf.ca/our_magazine/links/53/butler.html I've read both the Spivak...

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Nancy K commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

mbrenner you think President Obama is a coward, I think he is wise enough to know that any attack against Iran is a no win situation for the US. Israel may want us to attack Iran but we are fools if we...

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Bill H. commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

Everyone is hyperventilating about war with Iran, I have concern that the silly ass will get us into a war with Pakistan, either on purpose or by accident. Nato commanders are planning a substantial...

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arbogast commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

We're all Israeli's now... Rose should be preaching to the Egyptians instead of to the choir. Or does he think that we still run Egypt?

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turcopolier commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

RW You get a "D" for paying attention. We have been talking about this for years. the hierarchy of planning taught at the War Colleges and not practised by the cretins who run the government requires...

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turcopolier commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

Jose No, I was dumb enough to buy the prig a drink. pl

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arbogast commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

You know, the statement "We are all Israeli's now," coming from a Jewish person (I assume), is really and truly incredible. It jumped off the page at me. I was amazed. When John McCain says, "We are...

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graywolf commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

Obamacare is NOT universal health care (whatever that is). SEALs got Bin Laden. Obama was golfing.

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optimax commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

The speed at which our economy is deteriorating, it is more realistic to say we are all Detroiters now. You can't let the heart fail and expect the rest of the country to thrive.

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JohnShreffler commented on 'Several things from the Sunday newsies.'

The interesting thing as I recall was that the JP Morgan faction of the Liberty League wanted Doug MacArthur but someone pointed out that, after the Bonus Army busting he ordered in 1932, he might not...

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