Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Exum: Fast-Roping 101
Amid all the critiques of the botched raid and all the words written by others (including me), Andrew Exum (Abu Muqawama) reduces it to one visual:
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Ha, thanks. Check your email -- I just sent you a request for some minor research support. Am trying to track down an article from MEJ that I cannot access via JSTOR. Ex
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