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· Thursday, April 17, 2003 · 3 comments

Now we know the war is REALLY over: we’re sending in the Italians.

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James Joyner
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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm veteran. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Comments

  1. MommaBear says:
    Thursday, 17 April 2003 at 15:38

    Reading the specialist categories and knowing a bit of the reputation of some of them, that is a somewhat gratuitous slam that was not warranted, methinks!

  2. Fred Boness says:
    Friday, 18 April 2003 at 01:31

    The Italians are doing good work in Afghanistan.

  3. James Joyner says:
    Friday, 18 April 2003 at 08:50

    I’m sure they’re highly competent peacekeepers. Really, there are very few countries that have armed forces that would be useful allies to the US in actual combat operations. It’s just a case of when you put in the third stringers, you know the game is in hand.

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