When I was in Israel a few years ago, the security folks I was introduced to were uniformly of the opinion that trying to increase the military capacity of the Lebanese state was a waste of time. The Lebanese Army would never have the will...
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Marine Corps barracks bombing 25 years ago today. 241 dead, almost all USMC. 58 French paratroopers died the same way, on the same day.I don't ascribe to the bombing the.
Intriguing:A defense analyst I spoke with, who advises American ground forces, said to rebuild the Georgian military along conventional lines might be the wrong approach. Instead he suggested a different.
Having been in Israel while the possibility of exchanging Samir Kuntar for the bodies of two IDF soldiers was being widely discussed, I had considered writing a post about the issues surrounding the transfer. Fortunately, Publius, Hilzoy, and the commenters at Obsidian Wings have made...