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... genocide was still heavy in the air. I wanted to know how real torturers and terror camp guards would behave and learn how to resist them ... have no basis in fact to assume. I do indeed remember 911, more personally than you can ever imagine, and I have read the Quran, in ...

Blog entry - Oct 31 2007 - 1:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... in recent insurgencies. More than two billion people – approximately one third of the global ... less of a need for leadership within the insurgency and no real threat of punishment (either social or otherwise) for defectors. Yet a ...

Journal Article - Sep 4 2011 - 7:02am - 29 comments

... foreign policy approaches, and become instead a bit more Populace-centric.  This is not to be confused with the ... Foreign Policy One key point is small states are no real threat to the U.S. Seriously. Does anyone believe North Korea, or ...

Blog entry - Feb 4 2011 - 4:19pm - 90 comments - 0 attachments

... "quick" victories in DESERT STORM and JUST CAUSE, but our more recent fights have reminded us that those types of wars are the exception ... Step two is raise it to a level empowered to make real changes, and to convince those leaders to prioritize it so that those ...

Journal Article - Nov 30 2010 - 7:17pm - 54 comments

... Smith, "The Utility of Force" page 6. One can look up more regarding the term "asymmetric" via Google Books. Here are highlights ... of Fourth and Fifth Generation Warfare Anon...no real disagreement with what you say, although i guess a sign-in would be nice ...

Journal Article - Sep 13 2010 - 4:39pm - 50 comments

... distinguish between these. Again, perhaps the answer lies more in what 'motivates' one to learn [function of visionary leadership?]. ... the wake of bad decisions. Bad decisions should illustrate real consequences and hopefully bring about some pain in those that make them - ...

Journal Article - Jun 7 2011 - 6:24am - 18 comments

... which can carry a similar warload to the F-16 with more hangtime, at a fraction of the cost, using a small sliver of the F-16's ... Tucano, AT-6 and others of the ilk include two pairs of real time eyes on the operational environment; and in addition to the kinetic ...

Blog entry - Jun 17 2011 - 7:27am - 20 comments - 0 attachments

... 11, 2001, as a massive self-inflicted conspiracy. More seriously, people disagree about the enemy. Is al-Qaida a real threat or a creature of Western paranoia and overreaction? Is it even a ...

Blog entry - Jun 23 2007 - 5:16am - 13 comments - 0 attachments