Time Magazine asks the question “Can US woo…?” under this unrealistic assumption; “U.S. intelligence estimates 70% of the Taliban are nonideological” The Taliban may lack many things but ideology is not one of them.
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So here it goes, escalation in Afghanistan, 9,000 Marine injected in the teeth of the winter… What are they thinking?
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There is growing evidence that cancer screenings aren’t always helpful — and can sometimes be harmful, say Lisa Schwartz and Steve Woloshin of the Veterans Affairs Outcomes Group in White River Junction, Vt. A number of medical groups also have scaled back their cancer screening guidelines
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If the Taliban want you dead in Kandahar, it is only a matter of time until they succeed…
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The abuse by the clergy in Ireland is as disgusting a tale as can be told.   The part that is left out is the Archbishops answered to the Cardinals, the man in charge of the program to silence the crimes of the clergy in now the Pope and since he is infallible, buggering little...
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Here is a crime without question.  The deliberate derailing of a passenger train is murder.  But wait perhaps they could elevate this crimes, place them in a context and make them justifiable, let us call it terrorism instead of simply murder.
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Omar speaks on Wednesday and it makes the NYT Saturday, it is clear the USG would just as soon these statements would go away for if one listen to Omar’s words, it is very clear the Afghanistan surge will fail. Injecting more young Christians armed to the teeth will not aid Afghanistan in any...
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This shows how a concentrated effort to discredit can shape the view of the herd. Belief or disbelieve all you wish, matters little to the rapidly melting ice or the climate that is changing in your back yard.
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This is a good illustration of how the focus is on health care with little regard to health. See it is not how do I prevent illness but rather how will I get treated when I get sick. The self centered nature of “healthcare reform” knows no bounds.  We all getting old and we...
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The goal of the new strategy will be to copy the perceived success in Iraq, the issue here is the Taliban will kill all those who side with the West. Make no mistake Afghanistan is not Iraq; which is beside the fact the Iraqi “surge”  was a fraud and a joke.
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