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	<title>There Is No Plan &#187; Petraeus</title>
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		<title>Turns Out We&#8217;re Not Leaving Iraq After All</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a reminder of the bad old days.  But it was today in Baghdad. Big suicide bomb, coordinated attacks on rescuers, dozens dead and wounded, and the customary &#8220;bears all the hallmarks of an Al Qaeda operation designed to ferment sectarian strife&#8221;.  It&#8217;s doubtful whether it had any effect on the tone of Robert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can you Spell Power Vacuum? The US Can&#8217;t leave Iraq.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s speech at Camp LeJeune today made official what we&#8217;ve known for a while, that the combat mission in Iraq is over. Perhaps that explains why the response to what should have been a historical announcement seemed strangely muted. There are many other possible explanations too, ranging from the little matter of a massive economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nobody Fights in Afghanistan and Wins.</title>
		<link>http://www.thereisnoplan.com/2009/01/27/nobody-fights-in-afghanistan-and-wins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>coolrebel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a superficial perspective, the idea of diverting US forces to Afghanistan as we draw down troops in Iraq seems like a good idea. But Afghanistan is a deeply inhospitable, corrupt, backward, and highly unstable failed state with an almost feudal social structure. It&#8217;s been resisting modernity and foreign control for millenia. Before we do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If the Shoe Fits &#8211; Throw It at the Occupier</title>
		<link>http://www.thereisnoplan.com/2008/12/14/if-the-shoe-fits-throw-it-at-the-occupier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2003 the press made a big hoo hah about the fact that it was a deep insult in Iraq to toss ones shoes at the object of derision. It was around the time the mission was &#8220;accomplished&#8221; and a toppled statue of Saddam was being dragged around being pelted with shoes by the incensed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mumbai Massacre &#8211; An Opportunity For Clarity</title>
		<link>http://www.thereisnoplan.com/2008/12/06/the-mumbai-massacre-an-opportunity-for-clarity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>coolrebel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Rogue Elements&#8221; is a big word du jour right now. The idea that within an organization there&#8217;s often a fifth column conjures up all sorts of conspiracy theories about CIA spooks with their own twisted agendas. Usually, this stuff is confined to fiction or the far reachs of the blogosphere. But what happens when the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and Iraq &#8211; Now Comes The Hard Part.</title>
		<link>http://www.thereisnoplan.com/2008/12/01/obama-and-iraq-now-comes-the-hard-part/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>coolrebel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ivan Watson, NPR&#8217;s Baghdad Correspondent was the target of an assassination attempt today when he and his team were nearly killed by a car bomb. And in recent weeks there has clearly been a spike in violence in Iraq. Let nobody say that the situation that war-torn country is anything close to peaceful. And yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redefining The War On Terror</title>
		<link>http://www.thereisnoplan.com/2008/11/07/redefining-the-war-on-terror/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>coolrebel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let's start to look at our operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan as different fronts of a single battle for Mid East Stability. That's how Petraeus looks at it.]]></description>
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