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Admiral Mullen sets a high bar for continued US combat in Afghanistan

Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, has set a high bar for continued US combat in Afghanistan — at least if we intend to win (whatever that means in this context).   He also has some interesting (and encouraging) things to say in this interview about our military forces. Excerpts from the Transcript of a Leadership …

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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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