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... Note : Forgive us Chesty for we have sinned. Re: Now Hear This... (Bumped) Thank you so much for jumping in to help the ...

Blog entry - Nov 6 2009 - 9:28pm - 17 comments - 0 attachments

... is not a torture, so future torturers in other countries now have an American legal basis to perform the acts. Every hostile ... about the comfort and welfare of these men, I rarely ever hear an acknowledgment that they are indeed evil, savage human beings who ...

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

... and well-defined the idea, the more reductive it is. Now, the state of theory when it comes to material causation is much better ... to the choir---just not sure the choir is ready to hear it. Example---we have literally thrown millions of dollars at the ISR ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 11:30am - 79 comments

... from pre-emptive war to counterinsurgency, and we are now moving to Foreign Internal Defense (FID)/Security Force Assistance (SFA) ... to them, even if they don’t tell us what we want to hear. We also have a tendency to focus on the conflict environment without ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 9:05am - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... stated that “they [women] are in Afghanistan right now and the reviews are off the charts. They’re doing great.” [7] ... I am an old timer on SWJ but gosh it would be nice to hear your thoughts on some of these responses you have received instead of the ...

Journal Article - Nov 20 2011 - 7:34am - 46 comments

... optimist camp, argues that because both India and Pakistan now possess nuclear weapons, recent flare-ups over disputed territories (the ... recommendations and directives. It would be good to hear from them as to what is working and what can be improved even if it does ...

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

... A counterinsurgency strategy based on the now-famous Field Manual 3-24, written under the auspices of then-LTGs David ... approach to the drug cartels.  Much of this analysis, however, appears to be an attempt to redefine what constitutes ... What you need to know, not what you want to hear.”  Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee ...

Journal Article - Dec 27 2011 - 5:10am - 42 comments

... is making its way lower in the pay chart. I used to hear stories of it at happening at the Division level, then get word about how it was happening at some BCTs. But now I see it firsthand at BNs. Unless and until they stop promoting "yes ...

Blog entry - Jun 26 2011 - 6:33am - 101 comments - 0 attachments

... as peers. THAT was the counterinsurgency part. Now, Bill Moore argues that one has to do the military suppression part first ... in the long run, they are. I suspect I will hear the excuse that the military if the only element with enough gusto to do ...

Blog entry - Jul 5 2011 - 8:00am - 98 comments - 0 attachments

... into the "strategic corporal" Hall of Fame. Davis, now jailed in Lahore and awaiting trial for allegedly murdering two Pakistani ... whole world is menaced." In the weeks to come I was to hear the Quaid-i-Azams thesis echoed by government officials throughout ...

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