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Pentagon Says Review of Afghan War to Be Delayed

Important news about the review of Afghanistan policy, discussed in Who are the experts advising our generals? We know what they’ll say.  SecDef Gates appears to have sent it back for revisions, and the new version is expected in late August or early September. Here is a transcript of the news conference.  It has some interesting …

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A 4GW puzzle: what happened in the Straits of Hormuz?

What happened in the Straits of Hormuz on 6 January?  Malcolm Nance, in an article at the Small Wars Council, assures us that “the most recent incident is neither an attempt to create a modern-day Gulf of Tonkin incident nor a move by the IRGC to a new tactic”.  While Nance’s background gives assurance that his technical analysis of the incident …

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