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This is spot on. The Sri Lankan ability to isolate their opponents was far more critical than the amount of force applied.  Small Wars Journal (@smallwars)9/10/10 20:14This Week at War: If Mexico Is at War, Does America Have to Win It? http://bit.ly/bTIQDN"Those who object to the coldblooded "Sri Lankan Way" remind us that the Soviet Union's brutal campaign in Afghanistan did not result in

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“Both sides have destroyed my life, the Western media and the Iranian intelligence.... But I still have the hope that at least the media will realize what they have done.”http://nyti.ms/9HORSx Posted via email from Team Frosick

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The dilemma: it takes a large footprint on the ground to develop the information and provide the infrastructure to support the Special Operations campaign. So, in the end, I don't think either approach can stand alone. From The New York Times: Targeted Killing Is New U.S. Focus in Afghanistan http://nyti.ms/cAPltk Posted via email from Team Frosick

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Ouch. That's some serious corruption:Mexican Officials Say Prisoners Acted as Hit Men - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/world/americas/26mexico.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes Ballistics studies confirmed that four guns used in the shooting were the same as those assigned to jail guards, Mr. Nájera said. Posted via email from Team Frosick

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179507/Fake_i_femme_fatale_i_shows_so... Posted via email from Team Frosick

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How to Make an American Job Before It's Too Late: Andy Grove - Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-01/how-to-make-an-american-job-before-it-s-too-late-andy-grove.html Posted via email from Team Frosick

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Digital Domain - Computers at Home - Educational Hope vs. Teenage Reality - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/business/11digi.html?_r=1 I liked the article's finish, even if I don't like the results achieved from providing the technology:"When devising ways to beat school policing software, students showed an exemplary capacity for self-directed learning. Too bad that capacity didn’t

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From the NYTimes:"CNN on Wednesday removed its senior editor of Middle Eastern affairs, Octavia Nasr, after she published a Twitter message saying that she respected the Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah."http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/business/media/08cnn.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rssInteresting to see the sort of trouble one can get in now that

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...just the benefits of sharing its monopoly on the use of force. From the CSMonitor:“The cartels don't seek a failed state. Rather they want ‘dual sovereignty’ – that is, to pay off public officials in return for their closing their eyes to criminality” - George W. Graysonhttp://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/top/~3/kNzEHP2SyHY/

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From the NYTimes - http://nyti.ms/9PMIOH Posted via email from Team Frosick

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http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html"Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service." Posted via email from Team Frosick

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via fastcompany.com This was like my first childhood idea for an invention. The foam rubber car! Of course, I imagined it looking a bit more like the car-shaped pencil erasers I was using at the time... Posted via web from Team Frosick

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http://r.reuters.com/fem42k Posted via email from Team Frosick

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http://withoutmedia.wordpress.com/ I'd be curious to get a better perspective on the differences between demographics - although that might not be available from this study. This was a mostly white, upper middle class group of college students. Would the same apply for those from a less privileged background? How do those in the military from the same class/age/race compare? Is it substantially

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As long as the Maoists are in 1 tiny collective surrounded by a giant capitalist market, of course: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/26/maostalgia?page=full Photo Essay: Maostalgia - By Tomas Van Houtryve | Foreign Policy Posted via email from Team Frosick

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http://bygonebureau.com/2008/08/25/the-problem-with-biking/"Basically, to become mainstream in America, biking needs to be normal. The easiest step to take is if cyclists realize that biking doesn’t make them special. They’re not better than drivers."True...but it leads back to the chicken and egg question. It takes a passionate base to start the movement and push it into the mainstream.

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"The 1,200-tonne corvette Cheonan sank in what military officials said was likely a torpedo attack." I'm guessing they won't be fielding any joint sports teams in upcoming athletic events. Crazy turnaround from the attitudes toward the North, reunification, and their shared history that prevailed while we lived there in 2003-2005. Posted via email from Team Frosick

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/24/AR2010042402411_pf.htmlInteresting snippet from a Washington Post article chronicling the Kyrgystani protests that pushed the government out of power:"By midday, the demonstrators were on the march toward the city center. Their ranks swelled as people called friends and relatives to join them, jamming mobile phone networks. Djumanaev

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Without China, the BRICs are just the BRI, a bland, soft cheese that is primarily known for the whine that goes with it. via rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com Heh. I still remain curious as to why Russia is included for any reason other than adding another letter. Population shrinking, corruption increasing, manufacturing flat, and wealth poorly distributed. Without oil and gas, where would they be

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From the Wahington Post: Emotional reactors and watchers create new video genre on YouTube "In the first five seconds, he looks perplexed, like a man who is trying to figure out whether the milk has gone bad. This expression is quickly replaced with dry-heaving nausea; then at the 30-second mark, he crosses his eyes and gently sways in place, as if this will make everything disappear. The

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Reminds me of the shots that show lights in different parts of the world. North America, Europe, parts of East Asia are masses of energy and modern activity and, beyond that, there are individual points that tie in: Posted via email from Team Frosick

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I was going back through my Instapaper account today and checking out old articles when I came back across this one. When I first read it, what struck me the most was the idea that Mexican drug cartels are expanding aggressively into other areas of the "black economy" - in this case selling illegally procured oil. On my second read, however, I was more interested in the Zetas and their ability to

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A wee bit of snow Posted via web from Team Frosick

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via zee.posterous.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

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via youtube.com Posted via web from Team Frosick

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