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Au Revoir

by Patrick Porter on 13 January 2010 · 6 comments

The fragile republic

by Patrick Porter on 10 January 2010 · 30 comments

With friends like these

by Patrick Porter on 3 January 2010 · 30 comments

Strategies, analogies and Luttwak

by Patrick Porter on 2 January 2010 · 7 comments

Why America shouldn’t bomb Iran

by Patrick Porter on 28 December 2009 · 21 comments

The noise before defeat

by Patrick Porter on 23 December 2009 · 27 comments

Punch and Leave

by Patrick Porter on 6 December 2009 · 19 comments

The Graveyard of Clichés

by Patrick Porter on 6 December 2009 · 12 comments

A simple question

by Patrick Porter on 25 November 2009 · 27 comments

Why he done it

by Patrick Porter on 17 November 2009 · 10 comments

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