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By Carl Prine

Mike Few, Crispin Burke, Peter “The Doctrine” Munson and Dr. Madhu haunt Carl’s crib today. Check them out. I did.

British Army Officer on US Army MEDEVAC

YON: While reading traffic in a closed forum between current and former military officers, I stumbled across this message from a British officer. I’ve known him since the Iraq days, and he’s also served in Afghanistan. He’s an honest and very smart officer, and so I pay close attention to him.

MEDEVAC Links

YON: The MEDEVAC issue continues to grow. There are so many articles and it’s becoming difficult to keep up. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are prepping something for Congress. My guess is that JCS will try deflection and won’t solve the issue. SecDef has done nothing, to my knowledge. And so this is set to become an election issue.

SAF with SW attack on former AQI leader

Victoria Fontan writes a moving obituary for one of our intelligence assets. Humiliated at Abu Ghraib, deserted by both our nation and Baghdad and with blood on his hands, Mollah Nadhom is shot dead in the capital. Let’s remember him because he was ours, too.

A Young Iranian Woman Writes

Yon: “The Iranians do not hate you nor do they hate ur government. This is all the media. The people have nothing to do with the media Michael. No one is against you here except for those on the government’s side.

Live Blogging the State of the Union Address!

Let’s make it a drinking game! Carl live blogs POTUS at the State of the Union. The cats look sleepy. So does Boehner.

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