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

Blog post - Oct 22 2009 - 5:45am - 31 comments - 0 attachments

... and most go to get their check-in-the-block degree with no real intellectual rigor.  It’s considered a leisurely billet with ... but simply being an innovator and disruptive is no substitute for experience. I don't know how you teach innovation. Heck I ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments

... Security Forces. However without an economy there will be no tax base to pay for them and therefore they will not be the Afghan National ... butter to achieve a common goal, not a more clever way to substitute butter for guns. That having been said, I think the author makes a ...

Journal Article - May 21 2012 - 5:48am - 29 comments

... appendage of a far vaster political contest and that, no matter how expertly it is fought by competent and dedicated professionals, ... how academic theory, while sometimes useful, was no substitute for other experiences well within the vein of scholarly research ...

Journal Article - May 11 2012 - 6:05am - 25 comments

... 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 post - Feb 4 2011 - 5:19pm - 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 post - Jan 4 2010 - 1:54pm - 89 comments - 0 attachments

... leads to an “oral hemorrhage” that has no known cure.   Of all the mauled words, “Victory” is ... No Substitute for Victory Iraq: ...

Journal Article - May 9 2012 - 4:41am - 1 comment

... 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 - 8:37pm - 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 - 5:36pm - 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 - 9:01pm - 73 comments