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Author: Robert Farley

Interesting article on why the Iraqi Air Force didn't fight in 2003: Rather than being afraid to fight in 2003 as the Americans initially speculated, Iraq was simply following the same pattern it had set nearly twenty years before. Ever since the Iran-Iraq War, Baghdad...

Politics as Hobby

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On March 8, 2011
The recent Sheen-stravaganza brings these thoughts to mind. Bernstein: Remember: if you're reading this blog, odds are good that you're at least in the top 10% of all Americans in political knowledge, and more likely you're in the top 1%. And for those of us...

Libya Updates

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On March 7, 2011
It's a day old and so probably outdated in some respects, but see this good update from Juan Cole on the civil war in Libya. See also this report that the United States may have asked the Saudis to airlift weapons to the Libyan rebels...
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