Thursday, January 28

State of the Union: Obama's 'Sounds About Right to Me' doctrine jells

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This notice will be at the top of every post for the next few weeks: In February HBO is re-broadcasting the documentary "Terror in Mumb...
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Wednesday, January 27

Afghanistan War: McChrystal's Choice, and an updated version of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

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This notice will be at the top of every post for the next few weeks: In February HBO is re-broadcasting the documentary "Terror in Mumb...
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Monday, January 25

The cavalry has arrived: Mark Safranski takes on COIN; Pundita takes on Pakistan

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"Unfortunately for the COINdinistas, as George Kennan discovered to his dismay, to father a doctrine does not mean that you can control...
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Sunday, January 24

Haiti Crisis: Attention Somali pirates! Put your money where your mouth is! Call toll-free 1-877-99-HAITI to donate!

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Brenda Elliott at RBO linked this morning to an article in Australia's Green Left Weekly , which reports: "Spokespeople for the so-...

Glaciergate, and would you rather be blown up by al Qaeda or have lunch with a Hindu?

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I interrupt my coverage of the Haiti crisis to bring news from my favorite Hindu Nationalist, the very smart and well-informed Rajeev Sriniv...
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Saturday, January 23

Hope for Haiti Now music telethon: People around the world dig deep into their pockets and donate record $58 million

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This is the first and probably last time I'll report on a telethon; I don't like them, particularly the ones in which lefty musician...

Haiti Crisis: Reportedly only 10 percent of aid getting to Haitians

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"Edmond Mulet, acting head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, said on Friday that coordination in delivering aid in Port-au-Pri...

Haiti Crisis: CDC, other health agencies gear up to avert feared 'second wave' disaster in Haiti

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From the same Miami Herald report that broke the news today that the search and rescue effort was still on in Haiti, and which I thought i...

Haiti Crisis: Israeli Defense Force rocks; U.S. Senator Bill Frist, M.D. lists specific medical supplies urgently needed

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Thanks to Brenda at RBO for both reports: Please see Senator Frist's blog for the list of cricially-needed medical/ surgical supplies ...

Haiti Crisis Breaking News: Search for survivors still underway

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UPDATE 4:08 PM Eastern Time Brenda at RBO has been keeping me updated on Haiti news at Twitter; at 3:58 PM ET she reported this Tweet : ...

Reporting from Haiti: no getting comfy in hell

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Even in a war zone there's always one hotel that's a haven for correspondents, although they may live with the thought the place cou...
Friday, January 22

Lament

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In Haiti, the children go to school in the afternoon. So at 5:53 PM on January 12, at the time the earthquake struck, all the schools in Hai...

Haiti Crisis: Questions about aid distribution network (UPDATED 3 X)

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10:30 AM UPDATE CNN has released the video of Sanjay Gupta's visit to the airport yesterday to collect medical supplies, and which I di...
Thursday, January 21

Haiti Crisis: U.S. military gets Haiti pier reopened today, lays road into the capital, starts building dirt runways at airport

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Brigadier General Michael Dana, of the J4 Logistics Directorate, told Reuters on the 18th that the port would reopen in "two or three ...
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