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Drones and COIN, Post-Petraeus

From On November 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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In what is sure to be one of the most glaringly obvious headlines written about the General Petraeus-Paula Broadwell affair, the Washington Post writes: “Petraeus hoped affair would stay secret and he could keep his job as CIA director.”

Clearly, things did not go according to plan. Right after the [...]

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Rohrabacher: ‘I Don’t Understand’ Republicans Wanting To Stay In Iraq

From On October 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress

When President Obama announced last week that the U.S. troop presence in Iraq would end as scheduled on Dec. 31 — after nearly nine years, thousands of U.S. troops casualties, and hundreds of billions of dollars spent — right-wing criticisms started pouring in. A neoconservative [...]

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Iraq By The Numbers: The World’s Costliest Cakewalk

From On October 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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The Obama administration’s announcement of a withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq by the end of the year offers the possibility of a definitive conclusion for the U.S. military’s involvement in Iraq. But while the return of all U.S. service men and women by Christmas is [...]

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