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Tag Archives: military
Obama Snubs MOH recipients
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’s being generous though. http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obama-snubs-medal-of-honor-recipients/ In this case, the American Legion, the Military Order … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Keith's Page, Military Matters
Tagged medal of honor, military, President Obama, veterans
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A Western Vibe Ticket
Todd Zywicki, of the Volokh Conspiracy, takes a look at libertarianism in the McCain/Palin ticket and notes a distinct western vibe to the first all-western ticket in our history. He had an interesting observation that I think captures a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Libertarianism
Tagged cinc, Libertarianism, McCain, military, Palin, Sarah Palin, statism, Todd Zywicki, volokh, Volokh Conspiracy, western, westernism, worldview
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Black Signs at the Exhibition
The IMF has come through for Georgia in an enormous way, approving a $750 million credit line for the beleaguered republic. Beyond the much needed aid, it’s a powerful political reminder for Russia of the gargantuan economic advantage the West … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Media
Tagged Atrocity Exhibition, Ballard, Ballardian, competitive advantage, complex interdependence, credit, Domestic Politics, English, Georgia, IMF, industry, JG Ballard, Johanna Neuman, markets, Media, mercantile, military, power, productivity, Russia, sensationalism, SOS Georgia, Wall Street Journal, West
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Sarah Palin – Kuwait Gallery
Here at ASHC we get an enormous amount of traffic from people looking for Sarah Palin photographs. My friend Jason over on postpolitical says he’s experiencing the same phenomenon on his blog, and we took to calling it the hunt … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged Alaska, Alaska National Guard, blog, desert, gallery, government, images, Kuwait, Kuwati, MILF, military, National Guard, Palin, palinporn, photos, pics, pictures, public domain, Republican, Sarah Palin, search engine, traffic, troops, veep, vice president, vp, VPILF, websites
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The Vandalism of Russian Occupation
Ceasefire be damned,* the Russian army reportedly destroyed the Metekhi-Grakali railway bridge. The bridge was used by Georgian refugees fleeing the mayhem in the Russian occupied zones given that the highway is controlled by the Russian army, which has naturally … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged army, Azerbaijan, Azeri, bridge, ceasefire, Condoleezza Rice, corruption, energy, export, factions, Georgia, humanitarian crisis, infrastructure, Medvedev, Metekhi-Grakali, military, occupation, oligarchy, oligcarch, refugees, Russia, vandalism
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Going to Tbilisi?
Russian units are on the move again in Georgian territory, apparently in violation of the truce agreement. One Russian soldier in a large convoy shouted an ominous flirtation to a press photographer outside Gori, hopefully in jest or lust: “Come … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged Caucasian, Culture, democracy, Domestic Politics, factions, Georgia, Gori, Media, Medvedev, military, monocrats, photographer, political, Putin, Russia, Tbilisi, war
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Georgia vs Finland
Zbigniew Brzezinski strikes a note from our discussion on tonights podcast and compares the invasion of Georgia with Stalin’s assault on Finland. If Georgia can hold up the military end of that analogy it would be quite impressive. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lance's Page
Tagged analogy, Finland, Georgia, invasion, military, podcast, Putin, qando, Stalin, Zbigniew Brzezinski
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The Trouble with American Alliances
Always demanding when they need you, useless and even obstructionist when you actually need them. Our friend Geoff Morrell can serve as something of a personification of that characteristic in fact: Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said the Georgians had requested … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs
Tagged Chinese, Geoff Morrell, Georgia, Kevlar, military, NATO, Russia, South Ossetia, veterans
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US Begins to Align with Georgia
Slowly the gears turn, but Washington and Tbilisi’s positions inch further into concord by the minute. The infamous “unnamed senior US official,” behind all important news events of the last century has spoken: A senior U.S. official says Russia has … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs
Tagged administration, Bush, Georgia, military, Moscow, Russia, South Ossetia, Tbilisi, war
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Thunder in the Place of the Winds
photo: Isuru Senevi | site And so ends Mauritania’s brief experiment with constitutional democracy. The AFP has a source in the new ruling junta who says there will be new elections in two months. We shall see.
Posted in Foreign affairs
Tagged Abdallahi, AFP, Africa, Alex Ely, capital, Cold War, communism, constitutional, coup, darfur, democracy, extermists, Islamic, Mauritania, military, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, power, State Department, support, Washington Post
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The Tidal Empires of War
(photo: Charles Roffey – Charles & Fred) Someone once said that in Damascus you truly can get a little bit pregnant. It’s a good aphorism, because if you asked the foreign minister of almost any state in the Middle East … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Uncategorized
Tagged 1990s, army, Bashar al-Assad, Beirut, capitalism, Cedar Revolution, Charles Roffey, communism, Damascus, Eisenhower, Eisenhower Doctrine, Fenwick, Frederic Bastiat, free trade, globalization, imperialism, investment, Israel, Jihad Yazigi, Lebanon, Lenin, Leonard Wibberley, London, markets, Mediterranean, Michael Shermer, Middle East, military, nationalism, occupation, pacifism, Pat Buchanan, pregnant, secular, Shukri al-Kuwatli, Syria, Syrian, Tzipi Livni, United States, war, World War II
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What’s A Legal Arms Deal Anyway?
There are times when I’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 … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Notes on the war
Tagged arms, black markets, congressman weldon, corruption, military, proliferation
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Because Aren’t All Insurgencies the Same?
Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal is a frustrating columnist. In April he made the head scratching argument that Khost province in Afghanistan, which has, along with the rest of RC-East, experienced a 36% jump in insurgent attacks over … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs
Tagged Afghanistan, Colombia, FARC, Iraq, ltte, military, Sadr, sadr militia, sri lanka, tamil tigers, wsj, WTF
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Of “Battle Fatigue” and National Caveats
Posted first to Registan.net, your one-stop shop for all things Central Asia, this is a tangent to a really excellent theme I’ve been tracking the past few weeks—the flow of press releases masquerading as journalism from Afghanistan to our largest … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Tagged Afghanistan, Germans, military, NATO, policy
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Failed Wars = Great Strategies!
One thing I’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, … Continue reading
Why the Taliban Cease Fire Won’t Matter
Published first at Registan.net, this is the culmination of some research I’ve been doing into the nature and history of Pashtun tribal militancy. It draws from a mixture of out-of-print ethnocgraphic and geographic surveys, as well as contemporary news accounts, … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, History
Tagged Afghanistan, British, History, military, Pakistan, Pashtunistan, Taliban
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Chicks Are Cool, ‘Long As They Know Their Place
Only in America’s Army: KHOST, Afghanistan — 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Military Matters, Society
Tagged DADT, military, women, WTFBBQ
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Airspace Violations
Cross-posted to Registan.net, which is “All Central Asia, All the Time.” 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Military Matters
Tagged Abkhazia, Airplanes, Georgia, military, Russia, Sovereignty
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But He Knows the Military!
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Notes on the war
Tagged Election 2008, McCain, military, WTF
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Those Magnificent Men
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’ll tell you a little more about him after the e-mail. Let it … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Tagged Alfred H Paddock, Austrailia, Green Berets, Iraq, military, Special forces
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A Boy and His Hero
You don’t have to be Colombian for this beautiful advertisement to touch your heart.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged advertisement, advertising, boy, Colombia, Ejército de Colombia, hero, military, solider, video, youtube
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The Green Party and National Security: An Interview with Alan Augustson
A few weeks back I posted a facile little rebuke aimed at the national security implications of Green Party presidential candidate Alan Augustson‘s political platform. Alan responded to this in such a way that I realized I had little idea … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Interviews, Lee's Page
Tagged alan, alan augustson, alternative, alternative energy, augustson, biodiesel, China, Chinese, defense, Democrats, elucidates, Environment, environmental, exploration, facile, fuels, gasoline, global, gm foods, green, green party, greens, instructive, international, military, national security, peak oil, prc, Republicans, security, Terrorism, warming
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A Doves Eyes Opened
(Listening notes: Dedicated to cussed Irish beekeepers everywhere: The Pogues, The Specials, The Fall, U2, and The Chieftains) Over at Captains Quarters I noticed this: Every time war footage from Lebanon flickers across the flat screen television in my apartment … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lance's Page
Tagged 1982, 1989, Ariel Sharon, backgammon, Berlin, cafes, Captain's Quarters, classmates, Enemies, fanaticism, forbearance, Gaza, George Bush, hawks and doves, hell, IDF, international reputations, invasion, Irish beekeepers, Israel, israeli conscription, Israelis, Lebanon, Manhattan, military, military prison, military service, New York, optional war, palestinian solidarity, peace, peace activism, peace demonstrations, phone numbers, political careers, Rome, sadness, scars, Sharon, soldiers, strangers, suicide bombers, television, The Chieftains, The Fall, The Pogues, The Specials, U2, uniforms, Zeev Avrahami
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Obama and the Fate of Criticism
“Tattered Hope” by Nathan Rupert Jason at postpolitical and I often get into testy email arguments about Barack Obama’s alleged “arrogance.” He is quite Greek in the sense that he thinks hubris is the fatal flaw at the heart of … Continue reading →