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... 99 responded. An overwhelming majority of respondents, a total of 80, gave the program a grade of 65 percent or less, which the survey ... to be more responsive to GIRoA officials as if they have a short notice need to discuss an issue with me I can readily attend. There are ...

Blog entry - Apr 8 2011 - 2:30pm - 26 comments - 0 attachments

... A Short Response to AF-PAK and South Asia Hands by Colonel David S. ...

Journal Article - Dec 31 2009 - 5:35am - 2 comments

... Article: The Real Plan B in AfPak In response to a charge of inconsistency, British economist John Maynard Keynes once famously ... program has led to unexpected progress in a remarkably short period of time. At the strategic level, though, there has not been any ...

Journal Article - Feb 5 2011 - 7:48am - 9 comments

... How Afghanistan Ends: A Political-Military Path to Peace by Linda Robinson Download ... on bottom-up measures that can produce momentum in the short term, and 3) a political diplomatic strategy embraced and pursued in ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 10:22pm - 120 comments

... like Luttwak, Peters, and Scheuer have proposed it for a number of years. The question is whether it is politically feasible for ... over a few villagers, but I suspect that loyalty will be short lived. I won't pin myself down to a doctrine or philosophy, ...

Blog entry - Jul 5 2011 - 8:00am - 98 comments - 0 attachments

... UPDATE : 21 Feb 2011 According to a just-released article in the Washington Post , U.S. officials have ... good for the US in the long run as it could be bad in the short. It might force us to stop trying to square a circle and see the most ...

Blog entry - Feb 21 2011 - 2:00pm - 95 comments - 0 attachments

... parody the belief that the only useful tool in the box was a hammer, this is the kind of sentence you would write. Unfortunately, the ... will exceed that of the ME, not just Iraq in fairly short order. If the Marine Corps Times author is better than most in his ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 7:07am - 48 comments - 0 attachments

... Kilcullen (I): Here's What Not to Measure in a COIN Campaign - Tom Ricks at FP's Best Defense. When David ... for the time commonly referred to as Airland Battle . In short, FM 3-24 today is the Active Defense Doctrine of 1976. It is incomplete ...

Blog entry - Feb 8 2010 - 1:36pm - 79 comments - 0 attachments

... A Civilian's Comprehensive Critique of the U.S. Army/Marine Corps ... from the population, a negative rather than a positive response? This, because the 180 degree governing, economic and social changes ... and it reduces the need for logistical bases to support short expeditionary operations in the littorial region). However, there is no ...

Journal Article - May 5 2011 - 8:01pm - 73 comments

... that's just got barely the adequate number of troops a chance to work. The next assessment is in July. That'll have given them about ... a kandak to RC-S in about a week in order to meet a short-notice change in the operational requirements. They hit the range for ...

Blog entry - Jan 12 2011 - 7:44am - 71 comments - 0 attachments