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	<title>baldysblog.co.uk &#187; Afghanistan</title>
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		<title>Remembering the Events of 9/11</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/09/10/remembering-the-events-of-911/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/09/10/remembering-the-events-of-911/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baldy Tales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=3144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Second Iraq War began on March 20, 2003 and was a major mistake if only because of the total incompetence or lack of any post conflict planning. A 'surgical' war turned into a bloody nightmare for all concerned and the repercussions still echo to this day as does the flow of blood, inside Iraq.]]></description>
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		<title>Was the Killing of Bin Laden Correct ?</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/05/05/was-the-killing-of-bin-laden-correct/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/05/05/was-the-killing-of-bin-laden-correct/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2973</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The very worse mistake by the Bush Administration was the setting up of Guantanamo Bay as a method of holding prisoners without trial which is forbidden under the American Constitution, and even worse was to allow torture or "rendition" albeit by third parties. Both these things have seriously debased American standards both within and without the USA, this action of killing Bin Laden did not do that.]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Defence]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Defence]]></category>
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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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		<title>Technology and Efficiency in War</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/10/06/technology-and-efficiency-in-war/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/10/06/technology-and-efficiency-in-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unmanned Aircraft]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It sounds like a really great concept except the cynic in me suspects that just the inclusion of a large company like BAE, will guarantee an over sophisticated and very expensive end result where the only cost benefit will be saving the 5 year cost of training pilots for manned aircraft.]]></description>
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		<title>Intellectually Lazy</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/09/29/intellectually-lazy/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/09/29/intellectually-lazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a story running today about potential “attacks on European cities” being foiled by UAVs – missile carrying drone aircraft taking out various targets in Afghanistan and likely, the Tribal Areas of Pakistan. What followed this article in the Telegraph were quite a number of readers comments that fairly rapidly built up over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western Charities/NGOs</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/08/10/western-charitiesngos/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/08/10/western-charitiesngos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Road to Hell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[...the NGOs may just as well shelter under the protection of the Military because as far as the locals are concerned, they likely do not see nor even care about the difference between one bunch of white guys and another bunch of white guys.]]></description>
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		<title>Counter Insurgency Wars</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/07/27/counter-insurgency-wars/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2010/07/27/counter-insurgency-wars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Media]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=2358</guid>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Defence]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=1944</guid>
		<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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