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##  [ Hello, China? This is the Pentagon Calling. . . ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22593:hello-china-this-is-the-pentagon-calling&catid=9)

First the storming of the capitol on Jan 6. Seen from Beijing it looked like a failed coup, a botched but serious attempt to upend U.S. politics. Now, a book by journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa claims U.S. General Mark Milley, the…

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## [The U.S. Military, Post-Afghanistan](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22591:the-u-s-military-post-afghanistan&catid=9)

Yet I’d argue that, when it comes to the U.S. military and its wars, Yoda was just plain wrong. That part of the future is all too easy to imagine. It involves, you won’t be shocked to know, more budget-busting weaponry for the Pentagon an…

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