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	<title>baldysblog.co.uk &#187; Afghanistan</title>
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		<title>Counter Insurgency Wars</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/07/27/counter-insurgency-wars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current &#8216;big story&#8217; is the leaking of some 90,000 US documents on the Wikileaks website concerning the Afghan War between 2004 and 2009 and revealing many, previously unreported incidents which amount to &#8216;collateral damage&#8217; or, the killing of innocent civilians by ISAF Forces whilst conducting military operations. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10758578 For all the &#8216;noises&#8217; made by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An American view of the EU</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/03/16/an-american-view-of-the-eu/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/03/16/an-american-view-of-the-eu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much as I am fond of the US and its people, there are times when I do rather despair of the total naivety of some of them always demanding a black and white answer when the reality is nothing but a spectrum of greys going from black to white. A classic example of this was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama a Failure ?</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/12/23/president-obama-a-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/12/23/president-obama-a-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=1743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I suppose with the year drawing to a close it would be obvious that there would be lots of “assessments” by journalists concerning Obama&#8217;s first year in Office and how the Hope he bought for change and a different approach has actually played out during that time. Inevitably there will be many who start to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going to War and Democracy</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/11/29/going-to-war-and-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/11/29/going-to-war-and-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=1665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was an interesting article written by a former soldier in the Independent calling on the public to have a vote on going to war or not: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/crispin-black-voters-must-decide-when-we-go-to-war-1830423.html However it is nonsense because if Parliament is in thrall to the Executive, which given the rise of the “Career Politician” it is, we need to look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Lack of Strategy or a Lack of Common-sense in Washington ?</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/11/13/a-lack-of-strategy-or-a-lack-of-common-sense-in-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/11/13/a-lack-of-strategy-or-a-lack-of-common-sense-in-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=1607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although not my favourite Candidate for the US Presidency, the choice of the American electorate was Barack Obama and I admire his efforts over Healthcare Reform, he is right and I am sure he will be judged so over time. I personally don&#8217;t care too much for his style because to my mind he is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Sparks a Thought&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/11/10/it-sparks-a-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/11/10/it-sparks-a-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=1599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I don&#8217;t always comment and likely sometimes comment too much to stuff on the web but, an article by Dominic Lawson on Afghanistan in the Independent and the reader&#8217;s comments that followed, did make me stop and think for awhile about the predicament we are in currently. /www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/dominic-lawson/dominic-lawson-the-only-options-are-to-double-up-in-afghanistan-or-leave-1817739.html Combined with Remembrance Sunday, the nasty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan, In or Out ?</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/11/08/afghanistan-in-or-out/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/11/08/afghanistan-in-or-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today being Remembrance Sunday and the sad news that we have suffered the 200th casualty since operations started in 2001 with the fall of the Taliban. Although British casualties were light up until 2006 when the then Defence Secretary John Reid announced a significant troop deployment to Helmand Province, they have accelerated since and will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU Forces in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/11/05/eu-forces-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2009/11/05/eu-forces-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=1586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the Indy comments section, one chap wrote in that because we are in recession and the EU are our “principle trading partners” plus we need additional EU “combat troops” to win in Afghanistan, that we should be nice to the EU which is a totally silly concept but he did end with a good [...]]]></description>
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