I'm not kidding.

As I write this, my two dogs are rolling around on the floor wrestling. After I finish this we are going for a walk in the woods. They suspect the ayatollah is just giving religious cover to national custom. They also think he probably is a damn cat lover.

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Posted By Thomas E. Ricks

Do I want to know what this is all about? I mean, I know it's a video game -- but why does Leeroy need some eggs? I don't think I really want someone to explain to me, bitte, what are "devout shoulders?"

That said, I like this because at least at the beginning it feels like every platoon leader I have ever heard in a serious situation. It all reminds me of something that the young British counterinsurgency expert (and Megan Fox-lookalike) Clare Holdenbild once said to me ...

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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