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		<title>Iraqi Army Upgrades</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraq is buying 140 M1A1 Abrams tanks, along with wide range of other conventional hardware, as it prepares to shift its focus from internal security to defending the borders in a very hostile neighborhood. Iran, in case you&#8217;re wondering, can &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/15/iraqi-army-upgrades/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Siloviki</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much of the Georgia/South Ossetia/Russian conflict can be laid at the hands of a corrupt cabal of former soviet ministers bent on lining their own pockets? Perhaps a great deal. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has handed his Russian counterpart, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/10/siloviki/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Green Party and National Security: An Interview with Alan Augustson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 05:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back I posted a facile little rebuke aimed at the national security implications of Green Party presidential candidate Alan Augustson&#8216;s political platform. Alan responded to this in such a way that I realized I had little idea &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/05/29/the-green-party-and-national-security-an-interview-with-alan-augustson/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>â€œSmall-Government Libertarianâ€</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I seem to have caused some confusion with my previous post, â€œPutting the Question to the Bishop,â€ by an inartful use of the term â€œsmall-government libertarian.â€ The more I think about, the clearer it becomes to me that this term &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2006/08/07/%e2%80%9csmall-government-libertarian%e2%80%9d/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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