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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Military Matters</title>
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		<title>The Warrior Song</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/11/the-warrior-song/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think this rocks, so here it is in honor of Veteran&#8217;s Day.  ]]></description>
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		<title>GPS System Could Break Down Next Year</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/20/gps-system-could-break-down-next-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 14:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the bright side, I&#8217;ll be able to save battery life on my iphone by turning off the gps. The downside of course being that the gps is increadibly useful.]]></description>
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		<title>Send in the SEALS</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/08/send-in-the-seals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, here&#8217;s a true foreign crisis to test the President with. My response is noted in the title. And we should kill the pirates. In fact, after rescued the hostages, and killed the pirates, we should get all Jeffersonian with &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/08/send-in-the-seals/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq &#8211; We&#8217;re Winning!!!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/08/iraq-were-winning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A funny thing happened on the way to Iraq, President Obama declared that we&#8217;re winning. Anyone who&#8217;s been keeping up to date knows we&#8217;ve been making great progress, and I say, winning in Iraq. President Obama acknowledges the courage and &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/08/iraq-were-winning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Snubs MOH recipients</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/23/obama-snubs-moh-recipients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a sense, this is surprising to me. I thought Obama had more political sense to him then this. It might have been his handlers fault. That&#8217;s being generous though. http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obama-snubs-medal-of-honor-recipients/ In this case, the American Legion, the Military Order &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/23/obama-snubs-moh-recipients/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Frank Miller&#8217;s Geostrategic Theory</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/frank-millers-geostrategic-theory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Lovece sat down with Frank Miller for Newsday to discuss his upcoming film The Spirit. Toward the end of it Lovece asked Miller about remarks he&#8217;d made in 2007 in support of the Iraq War, and offered him an &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/frank-millers-geostrategic-theory/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Implications of the Pletka Purge</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/implications-of-the-pletka-purge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roland picks up an interesting piece by Jacob Heilbrunn for the National Interest, describing an ongoing purge of neoconservative intellectuals from the American Enterprise Institute, allegedly instigated by Vice President Danielle Pletka. So far Michael Ledeen and Reuel Marc Gerecht &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/implications-of-the-pletka-purge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Armies of the Obsolete</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/04/armies-of-the-obsolete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Light and infrared targeting devices for games. (Photo by Rob Stradling &#124; website) Al Qaeda technicians have apparently pioneered the use of electronics in old SEGA game cartridges for bomb detonators. A smaller precedent than the use of the airliner &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/04/armies-of-the-obsolete/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Captives of Years</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/01/the-captives-of-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday the United States officially returned all security duties for Anbar province to Iraqi police and military. The collapse of the Sunni insurgency there now appears to be almost total, with attacks having declined 90% from only two years &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/01/the-captives-of-years/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chuck Hagel wants to change the subject-Updated</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/27/chuck-hagel-wants-to-change-the-subject/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Huffington Post, where this kind of BS is applauded: &#8220;Quit talking about, &#8216;Did the surge work or not work,&#8217; or, &#8216;Did you vote for this or support this,&#8217;&#8221; Hagel said Thursday on a conference call with reporters. &#8220;Get &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/27/chuck-hagel-wants-to-change-the-subject/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Setbacks&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/27/setbacks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We see this kind of thing in the press all the time: U.S. and Afghan troops have abandoned a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine American soldiers earlier this week, officials said Wednesday. Compounding the military setback, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/27/setbacks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>From Galula, to Anbar and the Surge</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/from-galula-to-anbar-and-the-surge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the ongoing discussion of who has done a better job of describing the time line around the surge, I certainly recommend McQ&#8217;s discussion. The Minuteman however has a couple of key points to make on this issue as well: &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/from-galula-to-anbar-and-the-surge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Politics and Maliki&#8217;s Timetable</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/politics-and-malikis-timeline/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/politics-and-malikis-timeline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not the same thing as a Harry Reid Timetable (HT: McQ): A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done by 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/politics-and-malikis-timeline/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boumediene &#8212; The Great Sandbagging</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/13/boumediene-the-great-sandbagging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Welcome QandO readers. Please look around after you&#8217;ve finished with this post, but McQ says you have to go back over to QandO when you&#8217;re done &#8230; but I won&#8217;t tell if you won&#8217;t. _____________________________________________________________ The recent Supreme Court &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/13/boumediene-the-great-sandbagging/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>(Relatively) Measuring Success</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/05/relatively-measuring-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the most recent of a series of posts on Registan.net where I explore some of the fundamentals of conflict within the tribal areas of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. At the end of this post is a link to the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/05/relatively-measuring-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fallon and Petraeus sitting in a tree&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/03/fallon-and-petraeus-sitting-in-a-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/03/fallon-and-petraeus-sitting-in-a-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was catching up a bit on my reading, and thanks to McQ found this interview with Admiral Fallon. As McQ points out, the conversation did not go the way Kyra Phillips was trying to steer it. Given our own &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/03/fallon-and-petraeus-sitting-in-a-tree/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>War, Peace, and Reconciliation</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/23/war-peace-and-reconciliation/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/23/war-peace-and-reconciliation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 13:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some thoughts from Hal Moore on war, peace, and reconciliation. When the blood of any war soaks your clothes and covers your hands, and soldiers die in your arms, every breath forever more becomes an appeal for a greater peace, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/23/war-peace-and-reconciliation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Of &#8220;Battle Fatigue&#8221; and National Caveats</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/21/of-battle-fatigue-and-national-caveats/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/21/of-battle-fatigue-and-national-caveats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 22:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted first to Registan.net, your one-stop shop for all things Central Asia, this is a tangent to a really excellent theme I&#8217;ve been tracking the past few weeks—the flow of press releases masquerading as journalism from Afghanistan to our largest &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/21/of-battle-fatigue-and-national-caveats/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Roads, More Roads, and Still More Roads Indeed!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/03/roads-more-roads-and-still-more-roads-indeed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the latest post in a running commentary on a new meme to emerge from the PR folks in Afghanistan: the security benefits of building roads. The argument, advanced by a few American reporters and one David Kilcullen, is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/03/roads-more-roads-and-still-more-roads-indeed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chicks Are Cool, &#8216;Long As They Know Their Place</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/02/chicks-are-cook-long-as-they-know-their-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 09:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only in America&#8217;s Army: KHOST, Afghanistan &#8212; Pfc. Monica Brown cracked open the door of her Humvee outside a remote village in eastern Afghanistan to the pop of bullets shot by Taliban fighters. But instead of taking cover, the 18-year-old &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/02/chicks-are-cook-long-as-they-know-their-place/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Airspace Violations</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/22/airspace-violations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-posted to Registan.net, which is &#8220;All Central Asia, All the Time.&#8221; Last year, Georgia was abuzz with accusations against Russia for its military jets supposedly violating its airspace and possibly even attacking radio stations. Now, Georgian officials are hopping mad &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/22/airspace-violations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More Like This Please</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/21/more-like-this-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was pleasantly surprised, and mildly irritated, to see that Condi Rice basically called Muqtada al-Sadr a coward while she was in Baghdad recently (via: Instapundit): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/21/more-like-this-please/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Is ASHC?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/17/what-is-ashc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be some confusion on the part of some as to exactly what sort of place ASHC is: I was rather surprised to read this dubious and scornful appraisal of Michael Yon&#8217;s Wallstreet Journal editorial at A Second &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/17/what-is-ashc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Those Magnificent Men</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/11/those-magnificent-men/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was sent this via e-mail from my Uncle Pat, also known as Colonel Alfred H. Paddock. Uncle Pat is a story in and of himself, but I&#8217;ll tell you a little more about him after the e-mail. Let it &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/11/those-magnificent-men/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What They Won&#8217;t Ask Petraeus</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/08/what-they-wont-ask-petraeus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[3. Recent Senate testimony by General William Odom and journalist Nir Rosen presented a portrait of Iraq that is at odds with the more rosy picture painted by the Bush Administration. General Odom has said “the decline in violence reflects &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/08/what-they-wont-ask-petraeus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Political Progress in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/07/political-progress-in-iraq-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This will be good news if it happens&#8230; http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/07/sadrs-political-universe-continues-to-shrink/ Iraq’s major Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish parties have closed ranks to force anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to disband his Mahdi Army militia or leave politics, lawmakers and officials involved in the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/07/political-progress-in-iraq-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Uncertain Future of Iraq</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/02/uncertain-future-of-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fred and Kimberly Kagan have a decent analysis of what we do and don&#8217;t know about the situation in Iraq. Just the highlights (as I see them) Do Know * The legitimate Government of Iraq and its legally-constituted security forces &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/02/uncertain-future-of-iraq/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Lost Cause</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/01/operation-lost-cause/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s see, the Mahdi Army is in retreat, and the ISF is continuing operations, and sending reinforcements. Isn&#8217;t it OBVIOUS that Maliki is loosing. Update - This puts things into perspective&#8230; Mission accomplished has been duly declared, although the JAM &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/01/operation-lost-cause/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s wrong with Iraq War Movies?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/29/whats-wrong-with-iraq-war-movies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m often guilty of seeing connections between things that others seem to think make no sense at all. So bear with me and then tell me what you think. The New York Times review of &#8220;Stop-Loss&#8221; explains the failure of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/29/whats-wrong-with-iraq-war-movies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>There is no perfect option</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/22/there-is-no-perfect-option/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted first on Registan.net. While I cringe at the idea of missile strikes in Pakistan—no matter the attention or care paid, there will be innocent people killed in the process (especially when a target is missed and vows increased attacks)—it &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/22/there-is-no-perfect-option/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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