4 September - Quick Notes

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A Journey into Sunset
Another Bandstand HDR
Arc de San Marti
Early in the Morning
Look Through my Lenses
No Salmon but Beautiful Landscape
Pugnochiuso,Gragano,Italy
Old Farm
Sunrise at Flat Creek
Skogafoss  - Creative Commons

COIN failed to deter Taliban

relentlessly gloomy outlook of a gathering of Afghanistan hands who met last week at London’s Frontline Club to debate the cantankerous question: “Counterinsurgency and the War on Terror: Doomed to Fail?”

Not that there was much debate. Almost everyone agreed that counterinsurgency (COIN) had already failed in Afghanistan, and the remainder of the 90-minute session was devoted to analyzing why.

In Japan, nuclear inspectors told NOT to inspect potential highest radiation areas

As neighbors compared notes, they found levels and notices were “all over the place”