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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Notes on the war</title>
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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>Abuse and Confession</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/10/abuse-and-confession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;m certainly not in disagreement that maintaining a ban on torture techniques in military interrogations should be an objective of the incoming Obama administration, Joe Klein&#8217;s pitch for it in his latest column takes us somewhere far beyond the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/10/abuse-and-confession/">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>Recent History &#8211; Republic of Georgia</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/12/recent-history-republic-of-georgia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m doing this for my own benefit, as I&#8217;ve not followed the goings on in the Republic of Georgia, except to note when it&#8217;s in the news, not our Georgia. April 18, 2008 Georgia sought the backing of NATO and &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/12/recent-history-republic-of-georgia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bobby Begins</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/05/jindal-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rumors have it that Bobby Jindal will deliver the keynote address at the RNCC. Shlok Vaidya thinks the GOP intends to position Jindal for 2012, the way the Democrats managed Obama in 2004. Interesting and possible, although such things are &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/05/jindal-begins/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Paranoid on Paranoia-Last updated 1:06 CST</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/03/a-paranoid-on-paranoia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 9/11 itself, the anthrax attacks were probably the most consequential event of the Bush presidency. One could make a persuasive case that they were actually more consequential. You could? The 9/11 attacks were obviously traumatic for the country, but &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/03/a-paranoid-on-paranoia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bin Ladenism in the Balkans</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/27/bin-ladenism-in-the-balkans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The irreplaceable Michael Totten is now in the Balkans tracking down the influence of al Qaeda and the mujahideen. They seem to be having trouble inculcating their values. Exhibit 1: “Most people know nothing about your country,” I said to &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/27/bin-ladenism-in-the-balkans/">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>Politics and Maliki&#8217;s Timetable</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/politics-and-malikis-timeline/</link>
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		<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>Sometimes We Get Lucky</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/07/sometimes-we-get-lucky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We probably wont know what&#8217;s behind this, unless there&#8217;s some indictments handed down. Just goes to show though that the fight against terrorism hasn&#8217;t completely left our country. However, the second article shows that many of those we are fighting &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/07/sometimes-we-get-lucky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s A Legal Arms Deal Anyway?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/05/whats-a-legal-arms-deal-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are times when I&#8217;m kind of ashamed to work in the military-industrial complex: Former congressman Curt Weldon is helping broker deals between Russian and Ukranian weapons suppliers and the Iraqi and Libyan governments as part of his new job &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/05/whats-a-legal-arms-deal-anyway/">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>From the Horse&#8217;s Mouth, So To Speak</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/04/from-the-horses-mouth-so-to-speak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight heard testimony from Sheikh Khalaf al-Ulayyan of the Sunni Accordance Front and Nadim al-Jaberi of the Shiite (and anti-Moqtada, anti-Maliki) Fadhila Party. Both oppose a long-term presence &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/04/from-the-horses-mouth-so-to-speak/">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>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>The Danger of Funding Thugs</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/20/the-danger-of-funding-thugs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 23:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure it&#8217;s nice when you pay them to pretty please stop attacking us, but what of the consequences? This is the dark side of the CLC/Sons of Iraq/Awakening bandwagon we jumped on, and it&#8217;s one I&#8217;ve been mocked repeatedly for &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/20/the-danger-of-funding-thugs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Two Iraqi Jokes</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/13/two-iraqi-jokes/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/13/two-iraqi-jokes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both via Major John at Miserable Donuts, a milblog. First, a joke as told by an Iraqi Army captain: President Jalal Talibani summoned the leaders of the Iraqi parliament to his office for a meeting. In the middle of the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/13/two-iraqi-jokes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Failed Wars = Great Strategies!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/08/failed-wars-great-strategies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing I&#8217;ll never understand about the military is how it looks to failed wars to prove the truthiness of its current strategy. What baffles me more is how earnest scholars, like Max Boot of the Council on Foreign Relations, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/08/failed-wars-great-strategies/">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>Forgive the Self-Promotion</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/27/forgive-the-self-promotion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I honestly don&#8217;t have the time to reformat everything for several cross-posts, so this is a summary of posts at my other blog, Registan.net, where I&#8217;ve been discussing some interesting topics related to counterinsurgency and reconstruction in Afghanistan, as well &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/27/forgive-the-self-promotion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sunni Bloc To Rejoin Government</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/24/sunni-bloc-to-rejoin-government/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/24/sunni-bloc-to-rejoin-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a positive development: Iraq’s largest Sunni bloc has agreed to return to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki’s cabinet after a nine-month boycott, several Sunni leaders said on Thursday, citing a recently passed amnesty law and the Maliki government’s &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/24/sunni-bloc-to-rejoin-government/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>From the Horses&#8217; Mouths (so to speak)</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/24/from-the-horses-mouths-so-to-speak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever could this guy be going on about? &#8220;Saddam had his big castles; they symbolized his power and were places to be feared, and now we have the castle of the power that toppled him,&#8221; says Abdul Jabbar Ahmed, a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/24/from-the-horses-mouths-so-to-speak/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Welcoming Signs of Progress</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/23/welcoming-signs-of-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Security improvements bringing people back to their homes in South Baghdad&#8230; With security improving, local economies flourishing and community reconstruction underway, Iraqis who once fled their South Baghdad homes in fear are now returning to the villages they deserted. This &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/23/welcoming-signs-of-progress/">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>But He Knows the Military!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/17/but-he-knows-the-military/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-posted to Registan.net. The Air Force Times reports on a rather surprising gaffe from the foreign policy Commander-in-Chief-to-be: Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona may not have been paying the closest of attention last week during hearings on &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/17/but-he-knows-the-military/">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>Victory Is Always Six Months Away</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/16/victory-is-always-six-months-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in December of 2006, the blogger Fabius Maximus compiled a rather handy anthology of our great foreign policy lights in the darkness, boldly predicting we&#8217;d know for sure whether or not the Iraq project would succeed in 2003. And &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/16/victory-is-always-six-months-away/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Squirming Like A Stuck Pig</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/16/squirming-like-a-stuck-pig/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technically, Doug Feith is right: no one ever said it would be a cakewalk. Of course, that still doesn&#8217;t mean he&#8217;s not a big, fat liar desperate to rewrite history with someone else as the villain.]]></description>
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