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Great Escape Sunday

... The Great Escape The Great Escape ...

Blog entry - Oct 14 2007 - 8:01am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

How Afghanistan Ends

... leave. A better constitution in Afghanistan would be great, but the constitution will not protect itself. The state has to have ... Re: How Afghanistan Ends Bill C. We cannot escape the fact that our current COIN doctrine is derived from doctrine ...

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

UPDATED: The strange case of Raymond Davis, a 'strategic corporal' in Pakistan

... a smart idea. My usual thought at this point is that no great power can possibly be THAT stupid, so obviously I just don't know what is ... up and melted away after nightfall, thereby allowing the escape of the trapped American and Pakistani employees. Re: UPDATED: The ...

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

To Design or Not to Design (Part Four)

... Taking Lines out of Non-Linear; How Design Must Escape 'Tacticization' Bias of Military Culture by Ben ... is very pragmatic -- if complexity science metaphors work, great. If they do not, then seek other ways to reframe. If one were to use ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2011 - 8:57am - 34 comments

Tactics or Strategy?

... The Taliban initiate the fights because they know they can escape. Our patrols have firepower but lack mobility. Our soldiers are carrying ... Cavalry and co-operation between vehicles and dismounts is great but an awful lot of Afghan is too rough to allow that, which brings us ...

Blog entry - Aug 15 2009 - 5:23pm - 35 comments - 0 attachments

Interview with Dayuhan

... a community of recent migrants who had come to Agusan to escape the sectarian fighting in Cotabato in the early 70s, and spent two years ... in ’82, with vague intentions of writing The Great Book that would Expose It All… too long a story to tell here, but ...

Journal Article - Oct 24 2011 - 6:55am - 8 comments

From Roman Legions to Navy SEALs: Military Raiding and its Discontents

... factor really needs to be corrected. Our SOF elements are great and can do many things but they are not large enough -- and should never ... some equipment, casualties or potential PWs in a narrow escape as a result of errors in planning or execution will deter all but the ...

Blog entry - May 10 2011 - 6:26am - 8 comments - 0 attachments