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							<title><![CDATA[Was Paris an Act of War? Yes, No, or Duck the Issue?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/427105/paris-act-war-yes-no-or-head-in-sand</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bing West</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In terms of population size, the 129 persons murdered in Paris were equivalent to losing 1,000 Americans in our nation&rsquo;s capital. With echoes of 9/11, President Hollande declared the massacre an &ldquo;act of war,&rdquo; pledging to fight with &ldquo;all the necessary means, and on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Generals Don't Want Advisers on Iraq Front Lines]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-us-generals-dont-want-advisers-on-the-front-lines-in-iraq/2015/08/30/f308ed0c-4781-11e5-8ab4-c73967a143d3_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bing West</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is the United States at war? Even our top leaders do not know. At his nomination hearing last month to become the next Marine Corps commandant, Lt. Gen. Robert B. Neller was scolded by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz).&ldquo;I&rsquo;m disappointed for you not to be in favor of us having forward...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Says He Issued a Directive on Libya. Let's See It]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/331892/benghazi-obama-emerges-fog-war-bing-west#</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bing West</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our ambassador to Libya was killed in our own consulate in Benghazi on the night of September 11. For the next six weeks, President Obama repeated the same talking point: The morning after the attack, he ordered increased security in our embassies in the region.Suddenly, on the campaign...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Groundhog War]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68133/bing-west/groundhog-war</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bing West</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the decade after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, U.S. movie studios released more than 200 war movies. During World War II, 65 percent of Americans saw at least one movie a week. Theaters showed newsreels with patriotic music prior to the feature film, delivering both...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Question in Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/22/west.afghanistan.draw.down/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bing West</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama's expected decision  to reduce our troop level in Afghanistan from 100,000 to 90,000 by the  end of 2011, and to 70,000 by the end of 2012, seems reasonable.The  more important issue -- how to do it -- is likely to be quietly decided  this fall based on recommendations...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Wrong Strategy in Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/261146/true-life-grit-kathryn-jean-lopez</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bing West</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bing West is the author of the new book The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan.  West is a combat vet himself, and the book is an on-the-scene chronicle  of the war we&#194;&#146;re in. The 70-year-old West compares himself to &#194;&#147;the old  football player invited to sit on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Blundered with Quick Dismissal of Mubarak]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/259125/obama-s-mubarak-overreach-bing-west</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bing West</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As is his wont, a week ago Vice President Biden indulged in fantasy by saying, &ldquo;Mubarak is not a dictator.&rdquo; Only a few days later, President Obama decisively turned on Mubarak, declaring, &ldquo;an orderly transition must begin now.&rdquo; On balance, Obama should not have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Right Way to Win in Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/04/hearts-and-minds-won-t-get-us-out-of-afghanistan.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bing West</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The end of the ground war in Afghanistan, already America's longest, remains years in the future. Even as he assures America that "we are on track to achieve our goals,"? President Obama has set 2014 for a complete handover of combat duties to local forces. Three factors have made the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Defense' and 'Offense' in Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/254566/defense-and-offense-afghanistan-bing-west</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bing West</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On December 3, President Obama made a surprise, three-hour visit to Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan. It was later billed as planned trip to thank the troops for their service, but it turns out Obama was supposed to helicopter from Bagram to Kabul &mdash; a 30 minute trip &mdash; to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Leave the Nation-Building to the Afghans]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/opinion/07west.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[IN February, the Taliban sanctuary of Marja in southern Afghanistan was attacked in the largest operation of the war. Last week, President Obama flew to Afghanistan and declared, &#194;&#147;Our troops have pushed the Taliban out of their stronghold in Marja .... The United States of America does...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How We'll Win in Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203946904574302383639301864.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[John Murtha: Distinguished Disservice]]></title>
							<link>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDZiYzc1NjkxMWNkMGRlZmZjYjZmODcxNWExYzAxM2I=</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Troops Turned Around the War in Iraq]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200809u/iraq-lessons</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[The War in Iraq Is Over. What Next?]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121850093104731719.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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