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... tea can taste a lot like snake oil." Update 7 Via the Central Asia Institute website: Greg Mortenson's ... 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) From the AP, news that 60 Minutes may be about to tell us that Greg Mortenson, guru to military brass, is a ...

Blog post - Apr 18 2011 - 8:06pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments

... Ownership is irrelevant until the fight is complete. 7.  We played Chess; the Iraqis played Poker. Methodology ... Enter the Neoconservatives. While the SWJ community may ponder on tactics pre surge, or whether the surge was decisive, one is ...

Blog post - Jan 24 2012 - 3:29pm - 41 comments - 0 attachments

... of war and rewrite the existing counterinsurgency manual [7] [8] and find a suitable foreign policy for this new century, perhaps we ... is necessarily something to be countered. Insurgency may be a natural and inevitable response to a government that seems impervious ...

Blog post - Dec 6 2011 - 10:05am - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... are off the charts. They’re doing great.” [7] Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special ... placed upon our all-volunteer force by the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Gates said during a speech at Duke ... [12] Exceptions to the DoD Combat Exclusion Policy may be granted on an individual mission basis after review by U.S. Forces ...

Journal Article - Nov 20 2011 - 8:34am - 46 comments

... on to phrases such as "Attack the Network" (AtN) and may fail to see the forrest from the trees. However, with that in mind, recent ... using a police helicopter to surveil a single bad guy 24/7 for days at a time? Re: The Targeting Process: D3A and F3EAD Move ...

Journal Article - Jul 16 2011 - 8:50am - 57 comments

... Need USSOCOM? (Updated) Argh. That was me, Outlaw 7. Sheesh... Re: Does The United States Still Need USSOCOM? (Updated) ... USSOCOM? (Updated) NOMAN, while I can see why you may "feel" that way, those are not the facts. The USSOCOM was the idea of our ...

Journal Article - Dec 13 2009 - 11:25am - 77 comments

... your analysis. I do think it is well thought out though! May I start with a question- are you familiar with the Army's previous decision ... capabilities to fight two wars with 4,000+ casualties over 7-9 years in contrast to 50,000+ over 10 years (or 3 Korea years), or 418,500 ...

Journal Article - Jun 1 2010 - 5:36pm - 78 comments

... of the local government and culture. That means that we may have to push aside the preferred approach of the State Dept. and empower ... same. Link to part one below, you can click on the other 7 parts once you get there. Warning this is a pull no punches video especially ...

Blog post - Apr 9 2011 - 6:48pm - 67 comments - 0 attachments

... Being a member of the right clan, tribe, or ethnic group may be looked at as a prerequisite for leadership. Iraqi Kurds essentially run ... the combination of his personality and Arab nationalism. [7] Tradition has more to do with who has traditionally been the ...

Journal Article - Dec 25 2011 - 4:32am - 30 comments

... forensics team "Multifunctional Teams" ended in failure in May 2009 as the BCT Staff had no earthly idea on how to use the two highly ... please Bob do not infer that my information is dated! 7. Seventh, he claims that the Army does not teach "open source warfare" as a ...

Journal Article - Apr 7 2010 - 2:49pm - 52 comments