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Important reading for every American who wishes to understand our foreign wars

On rare occasions we are blessed with essays both brilliant and timely, words that meet our immediate needs.  Here we have one such by a veteran and military expert.  Here is a brief excerpt from the current issue of Armed Forces Journal — given only to illustrate as an sample of the author’s thinking, to encourage you to read …

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Another example of winning hearts & minds with artillery

Summary:  our use of firepower, artillery and airpower, is one of the great undercovered stories of the Iraq War.  It has profound implications, both humanitarian and for our grand strategy.  This is a second posts about our attempts to win hearts and minds with artillery; see the first here.   Here is a brief excerpt …

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