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Hi Marc,

Thank you for the background on how hiring in academia has worked over the past 40 years. I didn't realize how poorly put together the student protestors were in that the crowd were. I...

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This is a bit old happened a month ago with students protesting Gen. Petraeus's visit at Georgetown University. The video has over 14,000 views on youtube. What do you guys think?...

Hi Ken,

Thank you for the compliment:D Just curious, if there isn't tenure in the military, how does promotion and holding onto one's position at the senior level work? Do they look at your track...

I assumed there is anti-military bias on campuses because the radical protestors from the 1960s become college professors, influenced students to be liberal, and their current anti-military bias is...

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Found this interesting on yahoo news. What do you think? I've heard about the evangelistic movement in the military and activist groups that protest it.

Naomi


Firm will remove Bible...

I've read about how eduaction is important for economic development. What about building libraries in Afghan villages besides schools and Mosques to help the population? I see libraries as important...

I saw Avatar last week. The first thing that came to mind were political themes such as calling the native Navi "terrorists" and critiquing American foreign policy in general. There was also an...

"The US Army's ability to tell Commanders how to suck eggs on things they shouldn't while allowing them great latitude in things that contravene doctrine and long standing policy never ceases to...

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I read this article and wondered what people here thought of it. Have you noticed any increase in divorce over the last 8 years of war?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_military_divorces
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I managed to find the complete webcast of the interview Gen. Petraeus had with MSNBC's Brian Williams on Oct. 1st. Centcom's facebook page had a link to the Atlantic's page with segments of...

Very interesting about attitudes towards sexual orientation varying along age and generation. What happens in the barracks with sexual activity sounds very similiar to college dorms. There was a rule...

My campus is UCLA. The Bruin Republicans and conservative groups on my campus are small, if non-existant and they keep a low profile if they do exist. I've had a similiar experience in academia with...

Hi everyone,

I know there is a similiar thread in this section, but reading this on yahoo news, I found it interesting. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_gays

A study reported on in the L.A....

When I read about the casualities, I was very sad. I saw an article in the L.A. Times about how Gen. McChrystal's strategy was meant to avoid casualities like that. I also saw on the cover of Time...

I just watched the entire lecture at the World Affairs site from a link to the full length video on youtube. Here it is: http://wacsf.vportal.net/?fileid=5876

I was very amazed by the...

How does a person tell if a US soldier hasn't been captured and the enemy is bluffing? What does our military do if a soldier really is captured?

Thank you, everyone for enlightening me. I really didn't understand the context of the clip I posted, nor the background of Senator Graham. Learning about civilian control of the military is still...

I was just watching some youtube videos of Gen. McChrystal and the senate hearings from CSPAN. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hCcWa05Tms

I thought it was just lack of professionalism on the part...

Sherwin, I'm sorry to hear about your father-in-law. I will look up the Commonwealth soldiers...

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Very interesting:) I didn't realize there was such a difference between Vietnam and 9/11, that Vietnam caused such conflict between fellow Americans, whereas 9/11 was cathartic. Anyway, thank...

What are some other examples of leaders overcoming character flaws? I'm very curious. From what I read briefly on MacArthur, he was the opposite of Nimitz in every way, showy and outspoken. Who else...

In an anthology on U.S. naval history I have been reading, one of Admiral Nimitz's commanders said that "leadership is the soul of all human endeavor." It is the flame that keeps men in trying times...

Hi everyone,

I think this would be the right place to post a thread regarding history, since this is my reaction to reading Gen. Petraeus's dissertation so far, which explores the use of military...

One of the questions I had before is why do a lot of Americans continue to hate and blame America? I think it comes from the post-modern disillusionment this country has been living in since World...

Hi everyone,

Interesting thread! What I like about coming onto this board is that folks here analyze, question and assess what is put before you, questioning its rationale to see if whatever idea...