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REALISM AND DARFUR. http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w060227&s=forsyth030106 Guest posting by Mike DePinto James Forsyth makes a strong case for intervention in Darfur as a matter of national interest. He maintains that the US has weakened its p… more »

see "Iranian says Tehran tricked EU on nukes" (London Sunday Telegraph via Washington Times, 3/5/06) http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20060305-123415-2284r.htm The former Iranian nuclear weapons negotiator reportedly said in a speech that Iran li… more »

see "Top Employers Honored for Guard, Reserve Support" American Forces Information Service, 10/14/05 http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/20051014_3046.html In October, a group of representatives of "the nation's top organizations" received the 2… more »

Guest posting by Mike DePinto “It is the nature of war that each side must hide as much as can be hidden. The secrecy of this war goes deeper. More than in any other war I have studied, the true reasons for each side’s actions are hidden from view.” A… more »

Thanks to my friend Mike for bringing this piece to my attention. It's old news that we did not (and still do not) have enough translators to keep up with the volume of arabic material coming into our intelligence services. But it was new to me that a pe… more »

see http://www.realclearpolitics.com/blog/2006/01/what_is_the_los_angeles_times.html John McIntyre at RealClearPolitics.com has picked up this jaw-dropping opinion piece from the LA Times, including this tripe of a clause: "I'm not advocating that we… more »

Thanks to Christopher for pointing out this very interesting article from the Atlantic Monthly December 2004 issue about war-gaming how the US should deal with a potential Iranian nuclear threat. The article, from more than a year ago, seems all that… more »

Thanks to Christopher for bringing this great letter to my attention. It comes from a soldier stationed in Iraq: "Straight from the Front A letter to war detractors" by Ltc. John M. Kanaley (via VictorHanson.com 12/31/05) http://www.victorhanson.c… more »

Thanks to Steve H for sending me this link. It's an interesting story about Canadian politicians blaming their gun crime on availability of guns from the US. The last line of the article is a great one: "If lax gun laws are the problem, why is Canada's… more »

see "U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division finds 'large cache'" (Pravda, quoting AP, via newsfromrussia.com, 12/21/05) http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/12/21/70212.html A friend e-mailed me a story about the Army's 101st Airborne finding a large weap… more »