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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Washington Independent - Latest Comments in McKiernan Not Hot On &amp;#8216;Sons of Afghanistan&amp;#8217; Idea</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.disqus.com/</link><description></description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:06:15 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: McKiernan Not Hot On &amp;#8216;Sons of Afghanistan&amp;#8217; Idea</title><link>http://washingtonindependent.com/9683/mckiernan-not-hot-on-sons-of-afghanistan-idea#comment-2786491</link><description>This is good news -- McKiernan definitely has the right idea (I'd seriously wonder if you can have a "community-based sense of security" AND a "connection to the government" in the heavily tribal areas). This tells me the problem is not lazy theatre commanders, but jerk politicians trying to shortcut their way to the White House.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Joshua Foust</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:06:15 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>