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As Kabul Morphs to Saigon And Then Beirut, The Pentagon Works To Recreate Dunkirk. But There Will Be No Casablanca Endings
By Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON – The last frenzy days of the current chapter of America’s longest war are set to end after a few more sunsets over the Hindu Kush. Much will be left behind, beyond weapons, dashed dreams, and thousands whose lives now are in jeopardy. The rubble of relevancy andRead more
Like explorers of the past, SecDef Austin needs to find new routes to reach historic destinations
By tom On Sunday, February 28 th, 2021 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — There is always a lot on the plate of a secretary of defense. More so when you take office after essentially three years of upheaval in Pentagon leadership, an infusion of a politically-charged posse into operations, and a cleaving along racial, sexual, and insurrectionist lines that threatenRead moreSnowflakes reappear in the Pentagon: Rumseld’s musings have life again
WASHINGTON — Very few things send Washington into a tizzy like a forecast of snow. But those palpitations are nothing compared to the tsunami shudder that coursed through the Pentagon at the thought of a ”snowflake” circulating up and down its more than 17.5 miles of hallways. That would be a Donald Rumsfeld snowflake —Read moreSnowflakes reappear in the Pentagon: Rumseld’s musings have life again
By tom On Monday, January 29 th, 2018 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingWASHINGTON — Very few things send Washington into a tizzy like a forecast of snow. But those palpitations are nothing compared to the tsunami shudder that coursed through the Pentagon at the thought of a ”snowflake” circulating up and down its more than 17.5 miles of hallways. That would be a Donald Rumsfeld snowflake —Read more
