{"id":8765,"date":"2009-04-21T20:24:20","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T04:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8765"},"modified":"2009-04-21T20:24:20","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T04:24:20","slug":"the-gamble-by-thomas-e-ricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8765","title":{"rendered":"‘The Gamble’ by Thomas E. Ricks"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the best book yet<\/a> on the Surge in Iraq and General David Petreaus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ve read every book that has come out on the subject.<\/p>\n

Many of my readers don’t realize that I have a deep reservoir of knowledge about counter-insurgency techniques developed during my days at Aish HaTorah and carried forward to my 12 years in the porn industry where I lived off the land like a Maoist guerilla, winning hearts and minds while protecting the people from the predatory male gaze and institutional attempts to objectify the curvy and beguiling young female form.<\/p>\n

Bob Woodward’s book on the surge<\/a> was a great read while Linda Robinson’s was a difficult slog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the best book yet on the Surge in Iraq and General David Petreaus. I’ve read every book that has come out on the subject. Many of my readers don’t realize that I have a deep reservoir of knowledge … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[17285,17286,8397,17287,17284],"class_list":["post-8765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iraq","tag-bob-woodward","tag-deep-reservoir","tag-hearts-and-minds","tag-linda-robinson","tag-male-gaze"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t