Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
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Good a place as any
As Emmerson points out, drones ain't about to go away. See, from National Defense: Worldwide, Drones Are in High Demand...
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Forum: Middle East
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A week of lethality
Whether "something" constitutes a "civil war", or even a NIAC (Non-International Armed Conflict), rests to a large extent in the eyes of the beholder.
That being said, the Iraqis have been doing...
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Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
5 Days Ago
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Ben Emmerson & Peter Bergen
From New America Foundation, Drone Wars: Counterterrorism and Human Rights (http://www.newamerica.net/events/2013/drone_wars_human_rights) (May 14, 2013) (video, just over 1-1/2 hours).
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Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
6 Days Ago
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Ben Emmerson Interview
Lawfare, Lawfare Podcast Episode #31: Special Edition: Ben Emmerson Discusses His Investigation...
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Forum: Middle East
6 Days Ago
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JWing,
What think you of Patrick Cockburn's conclusions in "The Coming Iraqi Civil War (http://scotthorton.org/?powerpress_pinw=6683-podcast)" (about 30 min. audio) ?
Regards
Mike
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Forum: Politics In the Rear
1 Week Ago
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Forum: Middle East
1 Week Ago
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Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 242
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David, thank you for the link
Neither al-Muslimi's testimony nor his two blog posts concerning drones were surprising to me - nor, should they be, to anyone else who has followed the Pew International polls of the Muslim...
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Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 242
Views: 38,682
Concensus or Divergence ?
Witness List
Hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights On “Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism...
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Forum: Europe
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 155
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Forum: Europe
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 155
Views: 53,988
My bad - incorrect link
the 2013 White Paper, in French, is here (http://www.gouvernement.fr/sites/default/files/fichiers_joints/livre-blanc-sur-la-defense-et-la-securite-nationale_2013.pdf) (160 pp.). Not yet in English...
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Forum: Europe
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 155
Views: 53,988
2013 French White Paper,
in English (48 pp.), can be downloaded here (http://i.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Dossier_de_presse_LBlanc_DSN_en_anglais.pdf) (HT CFR).
Regards
Mike
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Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
2 Weeks Ago
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Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 242
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Thanks, Slap
I'm gratified that you liked the debate. The presenters - both pro and con - brought their very different positions home without getting too far down into the legal weeds.
For the most part, the...
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Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
2 Weeks Ago
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Drones Are [Are Not] Ethical And Effective
Oxford Union Debate
The Proposition: This House Believes Drone Warfare is Ethical and Effective.
Speaking for the proposition were Benjamin Wittes, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution;...
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Forum: Europe
2 Weeks Ago
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David and Red Rat,
My point re: the Med was simply and solely a necessary corollary of Red Rat's proposition re: the Middle East and North Africa ("Muslim Africa").
As a sidebar, "control" of the western littorals...
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Forum: Europe
2 Weeks Ago
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Well put, Red Rat
... and the UK-EU would assume responsibility in the Med as well - a return to origins so to speak (in Corbettese).
Regards
Mike
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Forum: Law Enforcement
3 Weeks Ago
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Hei rukkapojat, the members of this thread;
in local Finglish, it goes as "ruggaboos" - roughly "tough guys" (may be "good, bad or in between"; but, uniformally of no bull$hit, with calluses on hands, and often feet).
My only caveat is...
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Forum: Law Enforcement
3 Weeks Ago
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Carl,
I'm told (by Tech's stats) that the male to female ratio in 1960 was 22:1 :); but has hovered at 3:1 since the 1980s :(. The latter would not be atypical for an engineering school. Tech does have a...
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Forum: Law Enforcement
3 Weeks Ago
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Jon,
Think of Michigan Tech (http://www.mtu.edu/) (a great basic sci and engineering school - nuts & bolts, etc. !); although it seems the choice is already made for the eldest. Maybe, the next one. ;)
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Forum: Law Enforcement
3 Weeks Ago
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Hei Carl, Stan and Jon,
from an "anybody else". :D
9/11 used your (Carl's) airliners as cruise missiles. Diabolically clever.
I (as a chemist once upon a time, but long out of the game) look on bombs as ranging from...
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Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
3 Weeks Ago
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Quo Vadis, Mac
Bill,
McMaster and everyone else working on the future role(s) of the Army (Navy, Marines, Air Force) are faced with a plethora of variables in political and policy constraints (the example...
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Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
4 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 49
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Smart Talk
I count MG McMaster among the "smart guys". One of my reasons for that is his book, Dereliction of Duty (http://www.amazon.com/Dereliction-Duty-Johnson-McNamara-Vietnam/dp/0060187956) - with which, I...
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Forum: Law Enforcement
4 Weeks Ago
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One should be thankful ...
that there were not a platoon of them, intent on a re-enactment of the Beslan School (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis) slaughter.
Regards
Mike
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Forum: Law Enforcement
4 Weeks Ago
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Breitbart's Timeline,
from 0121 thru 0254 (currently), with video of shooting, is here (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/04/18/Boston-Police-Scanner-Massive-Shootout).
Good morning to Europe.
Regards
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