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		<title>Moral or Amoral ?</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/10/07/moral-or-amoral/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=3208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, the question being asked about the Drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki a US citizen, does have a unique legal context within the boundaries of the United States based upon the 'Constitution' and the quite distinct Separation of Powers within that designed to protect the 'citizen' from any tyranny from any branch of Government. What it is not about is the technology as such]]></description>
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		<title>Libya – Now We Hope</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/08/26/libya-%e2%80%93-now-we-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/08/26/libya-%e2%80%93-now-we-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=3130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[...given a relatively small population and a Gaddafi Regime that was isolated from most of the world. In addition, Libya certainly doesn't have a malignant meddling neighbour like Iran plus, there are/were no NATO troops on the ground doing the fighting for them, this is a very Libyan Affair.]]></description>
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		<title>Schizophrenic Views of Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/08/01/schizophrenic-views-of-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/08/01/schizophrenic-views-of-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=3090</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is not that the world wants or needs a USA and NATO that are not prepared to apply military muscle if required but what must be understood is that getting involved in the wrong deployments as this undoubtedly was/is costs more than just the lives of troops and cash, it also wastes political capital and trust that may be required elsewhere.]]></description>
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		<title>Military Options and the Economy</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/07/15/military-options-and-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/07/15/military-options-and-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=3055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the UK, the priority should be to command the battle space through intelligence gathering and electronic warfare and by doing so, deliver smaller and more precise weapons accurately where they are needed. In addition, be able to sustain losses of equipment and provide rapid replacement, in other words, to be able to swamp any conflict zone.]]></description>
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		<title>Mission Creep</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/04/22/mission-creep/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/04/22/mission-creep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["...it is only by the Rebels themselves forcing Gaddafi and his clique out of power that Libyans can build their own Constitution to prevent any one person holding all power indefinitely. This is how both Britain and the USA were forged through civil war and the spilling of blood. Uncomfortable though it may be, throughout history, it seems that only these “blood compacts” provide the foundations for a civil society, Libya will be no different..."]]></description>
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		<title>Defence Realities</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/04/18/defence-realities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A man called Thomas Barnett a former “deep thinker” for the Pentagon has pointed out that smaller cheaper carriers that could fly waves of cheap (compared to manned), unmanned aircraft (drones/UAVs) would make far more sense than conventional carriers flying manned aircraft.]]></description>
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		<title>UN Resolution on Libya</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/03/18/un-resolution-on-libya/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/03/18/un-resolution-on-libya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If his forces do not disengage fully and they are likely not to, I suspect that by tomorrow, initial air strikes to 'make the point' will be carried out. They probably should anyway on the slightest pretext because otherwise, Gaddafi will imagine that he has “Got away with it, again...” which is how he has stayed in power for so long, by 'playing the odds']]></description>
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		<title>The Military Industrial Complex</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/01/19/the-military-industrial-complex/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/01/19/the-military-industrial-complex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Defence Budget is huge and weapons projects are often on the leading edge of engineering so getting a high tech with the highly paid jobs on such projects based in your State is pretty crucial to keeping the voters happy by them seeing “Federal Dollars” pumped into the local economy.]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/12/22/musings-on-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/12/22/musings-on-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[But really, the real parallel between Afghanistan and Vietnam is less to do with major cross border operations by the Americans and more to do with domestic (Western), public opinion that is not prepared to make the sacrifices in blood and gold to keep the whole operation going just as in the end, the American public 'gave up' on the war in Vietnam.]]></description>
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		<title>The Defence Review 2010</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/10/20/the-defence-review-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/10/20/the-defence-review-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Given the current economic circumstances the defence review was always going to be extremely difficult, the two aircraft carriers that would cost more money to cancel them to continue building is a case in point. The further factor that would have a impact on such review is obviously the on-going war in Afghanistan which by [...]]]></description>
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