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Will we have the courage to do what’s needed with Iran? [updated]
Mark Steyn has another excellent column about the situation in Iran. I this this excerpt is particularly effective: You know what’s great fun to do if you’re on, say, a flight from Chicago to New York and you’re getting a little bored? Why not play being President Ahmadinejad? Stand up and yell in a loud [...]
Morale – what’s the truth about our troops in Iraq?
Strategypage has a brief write-up about status of military recruitment efforts: In the last six months, the U.S. Army is seeing 15 percent more soldiers re-enlist than expected. This continues a trend that began in 2001. Every year since then, the rate at which existing soldiers have re-enlisted has increased. This despite the fact that [...]