Three decades later, the Falklands War revisited. Why today’s newspapers have failed to add context to the crisis and what might be the moral of the story. That and penguin poop-spackled rocks today in LoD.

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Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough hosts a gaggle of milbloggers at the White House. I’m the one dressed like Eisenhower. Ike, not Mamie.

Carl blogs live and in color (in Brioni!). Cufflinks by Tiffany’s NY.

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Army, Navy and Air Force put football before honor. DoD, rescind the policy that allows jocks to exit their service commitments early. Do this on behalf of the millions of troops who won’t get the chance to leave active duty to play a game.

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Carl Prine is “strange by any measure.” Owen West calls me out! Well, disregard it. The Snake Eaters is a brilliant study in combat heroism by Marine and Army advisors and the bravest of jundis in the gut of Iraq. It’s a helluva book and Owen is here for one helluva interview.

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