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The “pipeline map” Richardson referred to is one of the most controversial elements of the new Great Game, and over the past ten years has led to conflict and war in the Caucasus and throughout Central Asia—with no end in sight. The Caspian
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“The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. Was war just a power game for an elite few? Did the loss of human lives really matter to them, or was it just a way to keep score? In reading their own staff-authored speeches over and over again, had they deluded themselves, believing that any action they took was in the cause of freedom and thereby righteous?”
― MP
― MP
“Interestingly, when they are on our side, we usually refer to them as guerrillas or partisans or freedom fighters. When they, the men in the hills, oppose a government we support, we call them insurgents.”
― Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior
― Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior
“Too large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to lose sight of the complexities and interdependencies of the real world in a maze of pretentious and unhelpful symbols.”
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“Expect the best, prepare for the worst.”
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“Nothing but sunrise and sunsetting
Men fighting the things that are-
Birthgiving and bloodletting
And a drunk god snoring afar.”
― From the Battlefield: Dispatches of a World War II Marine
Men fighting the things that are-
Birthgiving and bloodletting
And a drunk god snoring afar.”
― From the Battlefield: Dispatches of a World War II Marine
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