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... reading for decision makers before we embark on any future Afghanistans or Iraqs so we do not have a failure to learn, failure to adapt, ... do not make it a gospel and preclude questioning and challenge. The piece is, in effect, a very typical acceptance of the better ...

Blog post - Jul 3 2011 - 9:32pm - 37 comments - 0 attachments

... worse at most), they will have causation to continue to challenge illegally through insurgency. This is the point, the issue is not ... are happy to exploit them to their ends. The FATA is Afghanistans Sherwood Forest. It is where the Taliban hide, but it is not ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 11:22pm - 120 comments

... challenged misunderstanding of Islam, ignores all of Afghanistans lengthy history of indigenous jihadism (dating back to at least ... fight. Unwilling to admit that, we miniaturize the challenge. Thus, the war is said only to be in Afghanistan. The "challenge" is ...

Blog post - Oct 15 2009 - 11:49am - 15 comments - 0 attachments

... the population's values we risk getting mired into future Afghanistans and Iraqs. We do not need an FM 3-24 that will reinforce the ... of the right and duty of a populace to wage illegal challenge to government when no legal options are present or effective. The ...

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

... can be prohibitively expensive, not to mention the challenge of maintaining the polical will to see an effort through. I ... but I'm sure many agree that fighting four or five more Afghanistans in the 21st century is not a good idea. COIN calls for a large ...

Blog post - Sep 26 2009 - 7:42pm - 39 comments - 0 attachments

... at the hearing, Martinez said the Air Force’s challenge going forward will be how to balance the requirements for irregular ... does not mean the future holds “no more Vietnams, Iraqs, Afghanistans, or Somalias"; we have short memories and have taken lessons ...

Blog post - Nov 3 2011 - 4:14pm - 17 comments - 0 attachments

... you view this as the least-worst solution to a difficult challenge. Looking forward to seeing how your TES concept develops and the ... or Northern Ireland, but simply delivering diatribe on Afghanistans resemblance to a snowflake in its impossible complexity is a ...

Journal Article - Feb 7 2010 - 6:21pm - 20 comments

... from the east), Ghazni, Pakita, Logal Provinces...the challenge of changing the lifestyle of the people in an attempt to have them ... of staff Rahm Emanuel, that the uncertainty hovering over Afghanistans fraud-ridden election makes a deployment decision premature. ...

Blog post - Oct 20 2009 - 10:23am - 7 comments - 0 attachments

... these experiences have occurred in places that do not have Afghanistans severe security issues, notable cases exist where CSOs have successfully taken on the challenge of security against terrorists representing violent forms of radical ...

Journal Article - Mar 31 2011 - 6:47am - 6 comments

... -- far from it. It is, instead, an international security challenge of the highest order. Terrorist attacks in London and Bali were tied ... in combating insurgents. We will measure the growth of Afghanistans economy, and its illicit narcotics production. And we will review ...

Blog post - Oct 12 2009 - 3:21pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments