Military
Iraq in Pictures
A friend was recently in Iraq on assignment. Here are his pictures.
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All images copyright Crux Photography / Chris Rojas : www.cruxphotography.com
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Why McCain would Win Over Obama - An Election Framework
I wrote this very hastily since my time has been severely limited with my studies and work. While it lacks eloquence (or even gramatical correctness), I believe that the points I attempt to make are valid and deserve consideration on the Obama momentum
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Now that John McCain has clearly claimed the front runner title […]
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First off, back in the days of Realpolitk, the horrible Iran - […]
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I missed this other day. I saw it at the Grizzly Groundswell, but did not get a chance to post it here. I had a major malware problem at work that I had to work on.
But I can not add anymore to this:
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[Update: More on Pakistan]
[Please allow me to introduce myself…I’m a man of little wealth and questionable taste. But I am the author of Security Dilemmas, a blog on international and national security, international politics, and international law and one of the newest members of the Political Grind community. I’m a professor of international […]
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We’re not going to war with Iran. Get over it.
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No war
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First there’s this…
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From the Editors at National Review Online comes this closer, which says it all:
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I grew up in the 1940s and 50s. My mother worked as a full-time mom, my brother was in the service, and my stern, officious, lapsed-Quaker father was a Philadelphia stockbroker who took the same train into town every weekday at exactly the same time, and said exactly the same thing to the same old […]
