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More Movies
Recently saw Renaissance in both French and English. Excellent eye candy and technical execution, but I wasn’t impressed with the story line. Also saw Little Miss Sunshine which was hilarious in a subtle way- I enjoy comedians playing more mature … Continue reading
Taliban Struggles With Flattening
As demonstrated in both the text of the new codex as well as the interview with Mullah Sabir, the Afghani war is internally decentralizing. The codex devotes several of its 26 points to reinforcing the power of the district commander. … Continue reading
On PMCs
Chirol asks about the future of Private Military Contractors. I’ve actually been working on a paper on this topic, detailing one possible trajectory PMCs may evolve along. The paper will not be done for some time but this is the … Continue reading
Lind On Boomerangs
I agree with Lind when he says we will be facing the same threats we face abroad at home soon: It will not be long before we see police squad cars getting hit with IEDs and other techniques employed by … Continue reading
The Fountain and Babel
Saw Babel and the Fountain in the last week or so. Quick takes: Babel did what it wanted to: provide a vignette of the ramifications of the global inability to communicate but in doing so inherently failed to move the … Continue reading