Spook 86

Spook86 blogs at In From the Cold.

Did Politics Cost Afghanistan Commander His Job?

Friday, May 15th, 2009 - by Spook 86

General David McKiernan became the victim of circumstances beyond his control and not of his own making.

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Is Tehran Bluffing?

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 - by Spook 86

Iran's missile threat shouldn't be ignored, but it's important to place yesterday's test-firing in context.

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Three More Reasons to Reject the NIE on Iran

Monday, December 17th, 2007 - by Spook 86

To accept the U.S. intelligence community's finding that Iran halted its nuclear weapons development program three years ago, one must assume that Tehran suspended its most important state program on a "cost analysis" basis. Funny, writes Spook86, we never knew that Iran's ruling mullahs were B-school graduates.

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