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NSF: Increasing global reliance on counter-terrorism strategies
Colleagues: Several of you have chided me for not critically looking at ”Option 2” for Afghanistan, the so-called “Counter-Terrorism” alternative that VP Biden apparently favored. That approach has been expanded to include more reliance on UAVs (Predators), Special Forces units, … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Newsletter
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NSF: The AQ/Islamist Jihad is a real threat. Now here is how to defeat t…
Colleagues: This is an excellent piece by a COL Tom Snodgrass (USAF/Ret). The author does not flinch from stating explicitly that our “losing” in Afghanistan and Iraq would mean a significant gain for Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated insurgent/terrorist … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Newsletter
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NSF: Hiroshima/Nagasaki Revisited
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI REVISITED: WAS THE DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMBS JUSTIFIED? The period between August 6 and August 9 always calls for revaluations of President Truman’s decision to drop the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That took on … Continue reading
Posted in General News, Newsletter
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NSF: China–Thoughts on the economy, the currency, and politico-military…
Colleagues: Over the past few months I have been collecting facts and opinion pieces on China–it’s economic prowess, its currency “reform”, its overseas involvement, and its increasingly tension-filled relationship with the U.S. I decided to put these random thoughts together … Continue reading
Posted in China, Newsletter
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NSF: Elite opinion rapidly shifting against the war, but not the Administration
Colleagues: Two very different perspectives on the war in Afghanistan today. As I have noted, I am amazed at the rapidity in the shift of opinions written by national security experts over just the past two months toward the conclusion … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Newsletter
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