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We Could Do With Another War – Syria and Geopolitics #2 | Jedibeeftrix's Blog
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Myopia in hope of utopia – a glimpse into the future. We Could Do With Another War Syria and Geopolitics #2. February 8, 2014. However, Alistair Burt has given me pause to reconsider. And to refine my thoughts on Parliament’s role. It’s a problem of parliamentary precedent and our missionary foreign policy, and recognising the difference between our national interest and a public good. Alistair writes as follows:. Provided they are ultimately accountable to the public through election, or that a vote of ...
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The Fall Bucket List | Cousin Dampier's Blog
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Cousin Dampier's Blog. Things I’ve Written. The Fall Bucket List. The summer of 2014 was busy. But before we even get into the nonsense that is the second half of 2014, let’s watch the first 30 seconds of this:. Why is there a pineapple on the Mixer? Can we discuss how funny the coconut slowly dripping milk is? Because its pretty funny. Especially since the coconut is resting on a metallic hand. The rest of the video is sort of not worth watching. Mostly. Anyways, onto the list:. Complete a 50 mile race.
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Belief: It’s Simply a Choice | Keith Boyea's Blog
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Keith Boyea's Blog. Notes and Commentary on National Security, Current Affairs and Bourbon. Belief: It’s Simply a Choice. But that really isn’t the point that came into question. My old friend was pushing back against the idea that there could be morality without a “transcendent anchor.” I disagree, obviously, but that’s what got me thinking about Kierkegaard. Some people prefer Jack Daniels, I prefer bourbon of course, but it’s their choice. October 12, 2012 at 9:29 am. John Brown's Notes and Essays.
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About | Keith Boyea's Blog
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Keith Boyea's Blog. Notes and Commentary on National Security, Current Affairs and Bourbon. I am an Air Force veteran. I spent some time in Afghanistan and Iraq, though I was a prototypical REMF. I was a contracting officer; I never saw combat or anything close. I read lots of blogs, and oftentimes I read about half a post and wonder what, exactly, is the point of the post I am reading. To try to avoid this, I am going to place the thesis of each point at the top of the post. If you read the very...You a...
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A Short Comment on “No Worse Enemy” | Keith Boyea's Blog
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Keith Boyea's Blog. Notes and Commentary on National Security, Current Affairs and Bourbon. A Short Comment on “No Worse Enemy”. I finished Ben Anderson’s No Worse Enemy. Last night and I wanted to offer a couple of comments. To close watchers of the Afghan war, this is hardly surprising. In fact, I had seen much of this reporting already in Anderson’s 2011 documentary “ The Battle for Bomb Alley. That delusion, I think, is remarkable. I’m Becker-ian in outlook. So, to make the connection–I think t...
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Identity, Responsibility and the Afghan War | Keith Boyea's Blog
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Keith Boyea's Blog. Notes and Commentary on National Security, Current Affairs and Bourbon. Identity, Responsibility and the Afghan War. As an aside on this point, coming up with great ideas or using ideas in a new way is one way to establish a legacy, or in Becker-ian terms, deny death. In that way, Nietzsche and Einstein live.). It seems to be they are engaged in a massive effort resulting in dividing their identities by zero. I’m inclined to say yes. Ideas have consequences. Ideas that a...Stop dividi...
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War & Identity | Keith Boyea's Blog
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Keith Boyea's Blog. Notes and Commentary on National Security, Current Affairs and Bourbon. Thesis: My identity died and was reborn in the crucible of my war experience. This post was originally written as a 3. Person, research type post. But since I had only one data point, me, I rewrote it as an autobiographical piece.*. In order to prove my thesis, I’ve got to give some biographical information, so please indulge the short life story. When I finally got to Iraq in 2005, after literally months of lobby...
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Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina and the Iraq War | Keith Boyea's Blog
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Keith Boyea's Blog. Notes and Commentary on National Security, Current Affairs and Bourbon. Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina and the Iraq War. It strikes me as odd that at this moment I’m living through my second class 1 hurricane since moving to Washington, DC in 2007. It might be that I didn’t know much, but I never thought Washington was much of a hurricane risk. Hurricane Sandy is blowing away outside as I type this. October 29, 2012 at 7:21 pm. Laquo; Belief: It’s Simply a Choice. What is the GOP Doing?
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Face of Evil (Updated) | Charlie Simpson's War
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Charlie Simpson's War. Mis) Adventures in Afghanistan. Face of Evil (Updated). I wish I had something insightful to say about this. The US. soldiers hatched a plan as simple as it was savage: to randomly target and kill an Afghan civilian, and to get away with it. But frankly, it just strikes me as evil. How do we keep this from happening again? This a failure of leadership and moral courage, but also banal bureaucracies. Lots of good points being brought up in the comments. (Thanks to Crispin’s. COL Tun...
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Recommended War Studies Blogs | SmartWar.org
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Recommended War Studies Blogs. The Long War Journal. On War and Words. 8220;Intelligence Community” feed. Simulating War discussion group. A Yahoo group for Dr. Philip Sabin’s book and wargame design in general. Lloyd’s List – News. NOSI Naval Intelligence Feed. US Naval Institute blog. Views From the Occident. Latin America News Dispatch. Daniel W. Drezner. Foreign Policy Fight Club. The Oil and the Glory. The Will and the Wallet. Wanted Dead or Alive. As I said, fuzzy categorization).
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