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While I don't necessarily agree with Bergsten's premise that the Euro is too big/important to fail, I have found this article to be a valuable touchstone in understanding the dynamics of the Eurozone crisis.  I was especially intrigued by the suggestion that Germany and the ECB are harnessing...

I completed this test yesterday morning at Asticou in Gatineau. I found this test to be kind of fun, relatively interesting, and I do believe that it is a reasonable test of a cross section of basic military job requirements. However the time allocated to complete these tasks is way, way too...

Like I used to tell my Armoured  friends (do I actually have any?)....."the tank doesn't care if you are carrying an extra 50 lbs" :)

Were you not  a back?  Or maybe a "scrum fluff" flanker?  Go figure.... Try sticking your head between two fat guys legs.....

Geoff brother RIP.... You were a fine officer, your heart was always in the right place, and you always made a point of doing the right thing, however difficult.  We will miss you, and i will treasure our time together. My deepest condolences to MJ and family... God Bless.

John Wayne...  Jay Dub, What an awesome soldier and leader, and I treasure my time that I served with you.  Hard as nails, old school hard, and you cared about your soldiers more than most I have ever seen.  You always spoke your mind, saying the difficult things that others might not, and...

F__ked Up - "The Chemistry of Common Life" Canadian band that won the Polaris prize this year.  Once you get past the attention seeking name you have a band and an album that I believe is one of the great genre bending hardcore albums of all time.  On par with Husker Du "Zen Arcade" for any of...

My latest favourite is "Tom Gabel" and his new solo album.  Tom is lead singer for "Against Me!"  As usual, my politics and my music are absolutely at opposites.... this dude absolutely rocks though. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=45879846...

Hello Kirkhill, I wouldn't argue that there are routes.... long term wearing strategy (likely an operational level campaign) combined with your approach does not get much beyond the tactical or lower operational level of war.  We are talking about a country with an ability to unhinge us (at...

I would hope that the US waits until they have withdrawn the majority of their forces from Iraq, ensuring that they have an overland resupply route, and limit their engagement to a bombing campaign. Otherwise.... Is there a possibility that fast attack craft swarms in combination with mobile...

Latest Rand publication from Seth Jones.  Excellent synopsis of the issues wrt counterinsurgency and great recommendations. Peer review from James Dobbins, Barnett Rubin and Ali Jalali.... it doesn't get much better than that....... http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG595.pdf

Southern Culture on the Skids - Wolverton Mountain http://sixbucksamonkey.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd97849482f9cc00cd971ff4ea4cd5.html From their latest album Countypolitan Favorites. These are the same people who brought us the absolute classic "Camel Walk"...

My sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Sgt Boyes. He was as fine a soldier as I have ever served with, and a natural leader who always set the example.  RIP Sgt Boyes.

I have found the rest of his 6 Nations commentary.  He is Jed Thian, a New Zealander, and a very funny man. Episode 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd7E8S6jn0A&feature=user Episode 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VPk6AfWkYc&feature=related Episode 3...

Yes, this does not have much to do with the Army, other than some of us like Rugby and most of us have a sense of humour. However, anyone who has been watching the 6 Nations will realize that England is in crisis.  Coaching from Brian Ashton lame, Jonny Wilkinson lacklustre, Danny Cipriani...

Apologies if previously posted, my research skills could not find this paper. The Atlantic Council of The United States has published a paper on Afghanistan.  This is all about counterinsurgency at the Operational and Strategic levels, and hence "Nation Building".  Nice to see the military...

Yup :)  Professionally pretty much a waste of time, but socially..... I was just glad my "higher HQ" tour was in a vacation paradise and one of my tactical "command" tours was somewhat tactical and in the current millenium >:D If you weren't the "secretary" with the ability to screw me over...

I think me and Journeyman (and Joe Clark) pretty much solved the "Cyprus problem" circa Snowgoose 60 or 61 or 62 ish? Maybe we need to hook up again?  Journeyman? Road trip?

From Gordon's essay... Keeping in mind that this is a strategic level "thought piece" this isn't too bad.  Can't expect Foreign Affairs essayists to site your firebase and machine guns for you.  Some potential enemy and friendly strat level CG-CC-CR-CV material throughout the article.

From the Nov/Dec Foreign Affairs article by Philip Gordon Can the War on Terror be Won?  http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20071101faessay86604-p10/philip-h-gordon/can-the-war-on-terror-be-won.html I would imagine that one thing is probably certain, and that is that we will not kill our way out...