Monthly Archives:: July 2007

Iraq – Leaving now not the way out of Iraq

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The Times – One of the key strategists behind Americaís last-ditch ‘surge’ in Iraq, Colonel HR McMaster explains his thinking to Marie Colvin, our award-winning correspondent, who has spent decades covering the Middle East and has witnessed the bloody reality of life in Baghdad. McMaster insists that ësustained stabilityí is possible ñ eventually. But was [...]

Russian Navy – Russian Navy Successfully Tests New SLBM

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CDI – On June 28, 2007, the Russian navyís missile program finally got a break when it conducted a successful flight test of its new RS-30 (SS-NX-30 by NATO classification) ìBulavaî submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). The successful test comes against a backdrop of failures ñ three since last fall ñ which had some commentators expressing [...]

Iraq – Endgame

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PBS Frontline – What went wrong, and why, in America’s tragically failed effort to find a strategy for success in Iraq. Read the transcript and the excellent set of insightful interviews.more…

US Marines – Six Methods

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Marine Corps Gazette – As the Marine Corps seeks to increase its size incrementally over the next several years to 202,000 active duty Marines, concerns have arisen over how to recruit the additional personnel we will require. In this article the author, who has commanded a recruiting station, postulates six ideas that he believes will [...]