'Band of Brothers' soldier Lynn Compton dies aged 90 - Telegraph

'Band of Brothers' soldier Lynn Compton dies aged 90 - Telegraph

Slowly, they pass.
Old, gray men who once
were soldiers. God
grant them peace.

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Why Syria's Christians are angry - CNN.com

Why Syria's Christians are angry - CNN.com

The Christians of the middle east have played
a stay low game for a long time. That's all
changing now.

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Extraordinary Traffic Between Tel Aviv and Washington - Jeffrey Goldberg - International - The Atlantic

Extraordinary Traffic Between Tel Aviv and Washington - Jeffrey Goldberg - International - The Atlantic

Attacking Iran is one of those
damned if you do, damned if you
don't moments of history. My
gut says, "Wait."

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The Obama Doctrine - By David Rohde | Foreign Policy

The Obama Doctrine - By David Rohde | Foreign Policy


Not a definitive article, but well worth
reading. There's a lot to noodle on
regarding the advisability and use of
drone strikes. I haven't come close
to drawing a personal conclusion.

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Chavez’s Cancer Mystery: What if Venezuela’s President Doesn’t Run for Re-Election? | Global Spin | TIME.com

Chavez’s Cancer Mystery: What if Venezuela’s President Doesn’t Run for Re-Election? | Global Spin | TIME.com

Tings don't look so good for Chavez or
Venezuela.

"Then again, that probably won’t be effective
against an energetic and experienced rival whose
platform emphasizes reaching out to Chávez’s poor
and working-class base. Which means another route
Chávez and the PSUV could, but shouldn’t, take if
he is incapacitated: declare some sort of national
state of emergency and postpone if not cancel the
October election."

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How serious is the bombast from North Korea? - CSMonitor.com

How serious is the bombast from North Korea? - CSMonitor.com

The more they cry "Wolf!" the weaker the Norks
sound. I wonder if they really think they could
mount a successful invasion of the South.

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Josef Joffe: Why Nobody Will Help The Syrian People | The New Republic

Josef Joffe: Why Nobody Will Help The Syrian People | The New Republic

The reason no one will help the Syrian people
is that the cure will probably be worse than
the disease. If, indeed, al Qaeda militants
are leaving Iraq to fight al Assad, then maybe
allowing these two mad dogs to gnaw each other
to death would be a good thing. I pity the
innocents in Syria, but they aren't the ones
that would be helped if anyone helped.

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Karzai goes crazy « Don Surber

Karzai goes crazy « Don Surber

Cold War Part II

I guess Putin misses the
good old days.

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Act of Valor

Act of Valor was a really good movie.
It's not surprising that there is a wide
divergence between professional
reviewers who saw it and the
audiences that loved it.

I liked this review.



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Regreening the Army

This sounds really good.  The Army
needs to be run by the Army.

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If Israel Attacks Iran, What Next?

This article questions whether or
no the Israelis have a strategy and
plan for the days after a strike on
Iran's nuclear facilities.  I think it's
a good idea to discuss these things
before the bombs start dropping.
It's no time for naivete.

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You think the Occupy Wallstreeters are Friendly?

Just wait.

Here's what can happen too easily.
China's Cultural Revolution happened
because no one had anything to hang on
to and nothing to defend.  How easily
people can change.

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