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... of Rolling Stone magazine, wherein Nir Rosen , an American reporter, described his visit with Taliban forces in Afghanistan. ...

Blog entry - Oct 29 2008 - 6:12pm - 33 comments - 0 attachments

... first place? What is the plan that is thought to lead to an Indian invasion? This is NDC-level bullshit allowed to become national ... And the following book examines the Kargil war from American, Indian, and Pakistani points of view (from the description, I have ...

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

... a foreign-policy team that is struggling with the war. In an article in Rolling Stone magazine, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal and his ... and by crumbling public support for the nine-year war as American casualties rise. The criticism of General McChrystal's statements was ...

Blog entry - Jun 23 2010 - 5:04am - 89 comments - 0 attachments

... some initial throat-clearing (one of my rules when I was an editor was to see if I could cut the first three pages of any long article), ... by the killing of civilians in war. During World War II American Airmen believed that the bombing of industrial centers and the killing ...

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

... through security and better governance -- is not done by an outside intervening power like the United States, but by the host country ... to rethink their doctrines for stability operations. The American public and its political leaders did not have the patience for ...

Blog entry - Jun 23 2011 - 12:30pm - 64 comments - 0 attachments

... valleys, villages or even districts. This is about an operational design and strategic context that can never be overcome by the ... All Unravel In some ways this article illustrates the American decision making process. Instead of using rationale arguments, it ...

Blog entry - Jun 20 2011 - 7:46am - 61 comments - 0 attachments

... and in South Vietnam, whereas Nixon and Kissinger saw an opportunity to use the B52s and massive amounts of firepower to pummel Hanoi ... Nixon. This is not to spread dirty rumors about a famed American General, but to explore historically a significant factor of the man ...

Blog entry - Jul 1 2011 - 5:06pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments

... Absence of a Legitimate State LCDR James Sisco is an Afghan Hand currently serving in Afghanistan. His previous tours include ... virtue of its source? For me the greatest example of American hubris in the last few decades lies in our assumption that we had the ...

Journal Article - Oct 13 2010 - 1:39pm - 60 comments

... charity work into doubt ) reports that: An investigation by " 60 Minutes " to be broadcast this weekend will cite ... and minds approach he has become very influential in the American Army. Many Brigade and battalion commanders have had him talk to ...

Blog entry - Apr 18 2011 - 7:06pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments

... Beltway think tank piece. What it is, in my opinion, is an idea whose time has come, put forward by an officer who has lived it in the ... to support and execute such a strategy 3) selling the American people on what our interests are that merit such risk and possible ...

Blog entry - Oct 26 2009 - 8:49am - 57 comments - 0 attachments