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Penguin "Yanks" Mortenson from $38K Appearance at Senior Center Diana West Wednesday, November 30, 2011 4:28 AM
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Happier days.

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Greg Mortenson update.

NPR reported on October 3 that legal action against...
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Why Did the Pentagon Listen to Greg Mortenson? Diana West Friday, April 22, 2011 3:46 AM
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This (above) is "postcard" from Afghanistan by Paul Avallone, someone who has...
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A Resounding "Hail to the Junta" Diana West Sunday, June 14, 2020 6:07 AM
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I am delighted by the interest in my most recent appearance...
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Some Notes on "World Order" Mattis Diana West Thursday, December 01, 2016 7:32 AM
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U.S. Marine Gen. James Mattis, Centcom Commander, Afghanistan, 2011

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Having been over COIN with a fine...
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The Petraeus-Kagans-COIN-Complex Diana West Wednesday, December 19, 2012 6:12 AM
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Long frontpage takeout taking out the Kagans today in the Washington Post. The so-what-else-is-news headline --  "Civilians Held Petraeus' Ear in War Zone" -- almost caused me not to read it, given this obvious fact has driven so many posts and columns...
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It May Not Be "Formal Doctrine," But the Marine Corps Is Teaching Islamic Law Diana West Thursday, December 01, 2011 12:28 PM
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"Hey Jack, which way to Mecca?"

Peter Arno, The New Yorker, 1938

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This week's...
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Three Cups of COIN Diana West Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:55 AM
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Photo by Paul Avallone

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Since I can't quite get over the latest...
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Congress and the Afghanistan Scandal Diana West Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:34 AM
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In the small newspapers and TV stations around the country, in what are known as "local interest" stories, the national...
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The Mad Hatter Goes to War Diana West Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:40 AM
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Required reading for Libya Hawks

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Forget Sun Tzu and von Clauswitz. With tea-meister Mortenson unmasked,...
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Ex-Green Beret on 3-Cups Scam: "It's the Pentagon's Groupie, Moon-Eyed Infatuation That Is Angering" Diana West Monday, April 25, 2011 4:03 AM
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Three Cups of Snake Oil Diana West Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9:16 AM
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The Three Cups of Tea scandal keeps getting bigger. 

Best-selling writer Jon Krakauer has published his own 75-page expose, Three Cups of Deceit (download here), which includes an account of how he, Krakauer, was taken to the cleaners as a donor...
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A Mickey Finn in "Three Cups of Tea"? Diana West Sunday, April 17, 2011 6:50 AM
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Mullen and Mortenson in happier days

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From the AP, news that 60 Minutes...
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What Do You Get When You Mix Rose Petals, Pentagon Brass and Too Many Cups of Tea? Diana West Saturday, January 29, 2011 4:26 AM
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Mark Durie has a must-read article today -- "Aslim Taslam, Three Cups of Tea and Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws" -- which flags the phenomenon of Pakistani Christians converting to Islam to protect themselves and their children from the nation's blasphemy laws. "Blasphemy" -- crossing or critiquing Islam in any way -- is a capital offense in fabulous "ally" Pakistan, as many Americans are now finally learning. So, in paying out billion$ a year to Pakistan, mostly Christian Americans are also in effect subsidizing such blasphemy laws.

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