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Defense Secretary Bob Gates is frustrated. He sees trouble in the military everywhere he turns and yet he is relatively powerless to overcome the inertia. Problem 1–the Generals want to fight t… more »
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Military Malaise
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Jon Taplin wrote 2 weeks ago: Defense Secretary Bob Gates is frustrated. He sees trouble in the military everywhere he turns and … more »
True Bravery & Dark Futures
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Jon Taplin wrote 2 weeks ago: I just watched Laura Logan’s 60 Minutes report on an amazing platoon of Special Forces that g … more »
Military Sock Puppets
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Jon Taplin wrote 2 weeks ago: Last year the New York Times sued the Pentagon under the Freedom of Information Act to get the reco … more »
Doug Feith-In Denial
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Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: I just watched on my Tivo the Doug Feith interview on 60 Minutes. Tommy Franks called him “th … more »
Alternative Energy and Innovation
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Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: A interesting article in the Times this morning on the complex problem of reducing our use of fossi … more »
People's Movement Rally in Mullingar: Alternative Perspectives
eastwesteurope08 wrote 1 month ago: I recently attended a meeting of the People’s Movement, an organization of broadly leftist … more »
FUBAR in BASRA
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Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: Six weeks ago, I wrote that Basra would become a real problem for the Iraqi government. In this mo … more »
The Interregnum
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Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: Financial apocalypse seems to be in the air. NBC Nightly News has a new nightly segment called Hard … more »
Unintended Consequences in Iraq
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Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: As we discussed two days ago, the battle with the Militias is ramping up. NBC reports that US Comma … more »
Privatising the Military
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Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: The New York Times reports this morning that some of the ammo we have been supplying the Afghan Ar … more »
Endless War
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Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: Even the very small draw-down of troops from Baghdad has led to a rise in American and Iraqi deaths … more »
New Federalism & The Global Resource Squeeze
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Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: One of the joys of this blog community is that we are not afraid to tackle big problems. My belief … more »
Bush's War
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Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: David Fanning of Frontline is my generation’s Fred Friendly and Ed Murrow. On Monday and Tues … more »
Doug Feith Has Company
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Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: General Tommy Franks called former Assistant Secretary of Defense Doug Feith “the fucking stu … more »
Iraq--Five Years Later
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Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: In a week we will enter the sixth year of our War In Iraq. As some of my correspondents have pointe … more »
Speak Truth to Power--"You're Fired"
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Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: Admiral William Fallon, Head of Centcom, has been worried for months about “dead-enders … more »
Does Torture Work?
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Jon Taplin wrote 2 months ago: We had a pretty heated discussion here the other day about the efficacy of torture (what would I do … more »
Notes From Across the Pond
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Jon Taplin wrote 2 months ago: I’m just getting ready to fly back to Los Angeles. Here’s a few thoughts before I get on … more »
Challenging the Al Qaeda Brand
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Jon Taplin wrote 2 months ago: I have been invited by the British Government to a conference being held so deep into the English co … more »
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