GUEST POST: Is it reasonable to believe that Afghanistan’s Muslims are more culturally tolerant than those who worship Islam in other nations?

A converted copy of the MAG 11 libo brief.

Medevacmatters: A constituent of U.S. Senator Tom Harkin finally received a reply five months after her initial letter and fax to Senator Harkin about MEDEVAC operations in Afghanistan. Despite the date on the Senator’s letter, she just received it today.

Yon: Military sources continue to provide information about MEDEVAC failures in Afghanistan. Top Army Generals say there are no complaints from the MEDEVAC/CASEVAC community in Afghanistan, but if that’s true then why do I end up with stacks of internal documents from dozens of sources?

Day II of a Line of Departure Q&A with Michael Cohen. The Republican primaries, the future of war, Vietnam and Afghanistan and his upcoming debate against AEI neo-con Cylon Mackenzie Eaglen. LoD likes Mike!

In a Q&A, lefty defense guru Michael A. Cohen makes the case that the U.S. has never been more secure and that we’re wasting trillions of dollars fighting threats that don’t exist and won’t arise. I say he’s wrong! I blog! You decide!

Michael Yon: Over the months I have communicated with the Taliban about US prisoner Bowe Bergdahl. Numerous times I have asked the Taliban to allow me to visit Bowe. In each case, they declined after citing security issues.

An overblown bit of disruptive thinking on Small Wars Journal prepares the way for a bit of hagiography for a bureaucratic Pentagon warrior. Both fail to make a persuasive case for reform.

Line of Departure makes the case for never boarding an airliner first. Time for some civil disobedience. Do the right thing and take your turn to fly with the rest of America.

A Rawalpindi think tank exposes Line of Departure as a nest of spies! Ali Chishti, hide! The dangerous foolishness of Pakistani clown Zaid Hamid today in LoD. Les sanglots longs des violons de l’automne.