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... There's No Substitute for Troops on the Ground - Max Boot, New York Times opinion. ...

Blog entry - Oct 22 2009 - 4:45am - 31 comments - 0 attachments

... the West, et. al., -- and to be separate, distinct and in no way (or in only a very limited way) connected to it? What then? These ... authority over them. Why students make life hell for substitute teachers. Why step-partents often struggle with the family and ...

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

... Nagl, a counterinsurgency expert who has long called for a greater U.S. commitment to Afghanistan--even if it means raising taxes ... casualties of these wars have come from IEDs. And no, the company I work for has no business relationship with MRAP/M-ATV ... We can never create enough special ops or Marines to substitute for lots of Army BCT boots on the ground. That's not what I ...

Blog entry - Jan 4 2010 - 12:54pm - 89 comments - 0 attachments

... limitations and vulnerabilities. Awareness, yes; panic, no. Similarly, the term "conflict ecosystem" is new, but area specialists ... all are those who believe a magical suite of tactics will substitute for a lack of strategy. Worse still is when they misapply tactics ...

Journal Article - Dec 14 2010 - 7:37pm - 83 comments

... Corps , Colonel Gentile seems to be complaining that no one is listening. Gone are the well thought out historical examples, and ... most especially the concept of elan. But if we substitute what the French masters wrote about a "conquering" or "offensive" ...

Journal Article - Jun 1 2010 - 4:36pm - 78 comments

... (3) argues that the manual makes a significant omission of no small consequence. Download the Full Article: FM 3-24 COIN Manual ... Afghanistan. That's good. I'll be truly worried if we substitute these discussions with AR 670-1 talks, or how to assign points to ...

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

... but is it done in practice? Generally, I would argue no. Part of that problem goes directly back to the rival worldviews and rigid ... to develop within ourselves. I do not think design is a substitute for that but if properly used as a supporting tool can support ...

Journal Article - Mar 11 2011 - 9:14am - 72 comments

... The Armor Corps in the American Army is gone, it is no more. The Army has become decidedly infantry centric. This wouldn't be ... we assume that rank, credentials and a supposed expertise substitute for results on the battlefield. As a democracy, perhaps we should ...

Journal Article - Apr 17 2010 - 6:59am - 65 comments

... establish initial success if relatively narrow. There are no guaruntees that this will work, but chaos is almost guarunteed to result if ... practice Guerrilla warfare for God, and some still do. Substitute God for little Kim and I think you would begin understand that they ...

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

... work on the theory and practice of counterinsurgency -- no doubt why some reviewers found The Accidental Guerrilla be difficult ... ethnography is key; to borrow a literary term, there is no substitute for a "close reading" of the environment. But it is a reading that ...

Blog entry - May 7 2010 - 10:51am - 49 comments - 0 attachments