- 12 November SWJ Roundup
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... Honors Military Personnel on Veterans Day - VOA Obamas Mark Veterans Day at Arlington Cemetery - WT Honoring those ... Troops, Vets Commemorate those Who Fought in Korean War - S&S Senator: Justice Won't Provide Fast and Furious ...
Blog post - Nov 12 2011 - 4:20am - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- UPDATED: The strange case of Raymond Davis, a 'strategic corporal' in Pakistan
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... to arm al-Qaida with nuclear weapons "to ignite an all-out war to re-establish the west's hegemony". One popular suggestion has it ... spree is no surprise. This was the unsaid message of Obamas third surge and comes to pass with alacrity like many other violent ...
Blog post - Feb 21 2011 - 3:00pm - 95 comments - 0 attachments
- 31 March SWJ Roundup
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... Press Obama's Forthright Defense of Limited War - Boston Globe editorial Does the U.S. Really Want to Own Libya? ... a Back Seat - Daily Telegraph editorial The Two Obamas - Washington Post opinion Canada Police Make 'Terrorism' ...
Blog post - Mar 31 2011 - 1:42am - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Obama tries to escape from Afghanistan, but won't
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... to this group would have been, "I am escalating this war in order to suppress the Taliban, wipe out al Qaeda, and create space for ... speech. "The most controversial feature of President Obamas strategy for Afghanistan is his decision to begin withdrawing U.S. ...
Blog post - Dec 1 2009 - 11:04pm - 17 comments - 0 attachments
- Petraeus to Replace McChrystal (Updated)
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... General McChrystal's remarkable career in uniform. But war is bigger than any one man or woman, whether a private, a general or a ... war. McChrystal leaves realizing that maybe he misjudged Obamas seeming intimidation by "brass" because Obamas got a lot of civilian ...
Blog post - Jun 24 2010 - 5:35am - 31 comments - 0 attachments
- McChrystal will get a red card
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... least for a time, growing political pressure against the war. Unfortunately for McChrystal and certain members of his staff, the ... rest of the military, and would cause great uproar among Obamas civilian staff. Has anyone including the President and especially ...
Blog post - Jun 22 2010 - 10:38am - 34 comments - 0 attachments
- The Next Surge: Counterbureaucracy
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... to my column from last week -- a defense of President Obamas political decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, is ... all are given wide latitude and authority in executing our war against these insurgent scumbags....? Less bureaucracy and less focus on ...
Blog post - Dec 8 2009 - 6:40am - 22 comments - 0 attachments
- Both Sides of the COIN
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... In his analysis of the shortcomings of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, Bing West offers a compelling assessment that, as he ... for the wars they executed? Where are the Bushes and Obamas that were intimidated by the commanders into continuing a war with no ...
Blog post - Jan 7 2012 - 3:33pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments
- MRAP Future Discussion Paper
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... Those same sorts of folks who were focused on major war in Europe totally ignored the potential for deployment to less than MCO ... suited for a variety of operating environments. President Obamas strategic vision outlined in the most recent National Security Strategy, ...
Journal Article - Feb 11 2011 - 8:00am - 20 comments
- Breaking Ranks?
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... members of the Editorial Board (including the National War College's Dr. Joe Collins). My rationale is aptly captured in an email ... Lakin get to decide if he personally accepts President Obamas orders as Commander In Chief as legitimate or not......and then gets a ...
Journal Article - Sep 30 2010 - 11:11am - 24 comments


