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... Will We Ever Learn? Author(s):  ... 1968.  He opens with a straightforward inquiry. "One question that will certainly be asked: How did men of superior ability, ...

Blog post - Feb 3 2012 - 6:54pm - 18 comments - 0 attachments

... of grave importance to Small Wars Journal readers. We, as a nation, are having a crisis of honor. Last week the Attorney ... stand to watch a high intensity kinetic interrogation. One has to overcome basic human decency to endure watching or causing the ...

Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... path to peace without further intervention.  At most, we can contain the violence by blocking the borders, but we should not pick a winner in this fight. Intent This is just one assessment for consideration to be examined for accuracy.  It is by no ...

Blog post - Jan 24 2012 - 3:29pm - 41 comments - 0 attachments

... The point you make about 'containment' COIN is a very good one. I think that we (the west ) need to recognise that the strategic ends of what I term ...

Blog post - May 7 2012 - 5:12pm - 43 comments - 0 attachments

... allowed to become national policy. That is exactly why we need adult supervision of the armed forces.. Re: How Afghanistan Ends ... At that point, the "equilibrium" would have shifted, one way or the other.. Re: How Afghanistan Ends Robert C. Jones: ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 11:22pm - 120 comments

... my point. Circular reporting involves making up a story in one publication (usually an internet publication) and then picking it up in ... Omar-jee, and "L" (since you want it to be anything we will call you Lund) Here is more evidence of the "vast right wing ...

Blog post - Feb 21 2011 - 3:00pm - 95 comments - 0 attachments

... truth is that poor personnel management and the burden of one-size-fits-all training preclude many servicemembers from attaining true ... the Army has made such little progress [3] . That we have not successfully transformed is beyond dispute among those paying ...

Journal Article - Mar 20 2012 - 5:26am - 30 comments

... Trying to be a "good neighbor" to the Afghans One Friday morning not too long ago I sat facing a row of ISAF officers ... D.C. to Kabul, Afghanistan. "Okay, everybody, we've got a directive from the Chief of Staff to come up with ideas on how to ...

Journal Article - Jul 7 2011 - 4:24pm - 75 comments

... burden on a senior leader." It is a burden and we have all watched it at work... The information overload came with more ... ask Officers where they were during wars and affrays. One would think the Personnel gurus would know but apparently not. What ...

Blog post - Aug 12 2010 - 8:14pm - 62 comments - 0 attachments

... States and threats will always be with us, but how we balance relationships with governments, approaches to threats, and ... running things. Today we think it is a sin to miss one meal and what happens here affects many others. How can that in aggregate ...

Blog post - Feb 4 2011 - 5:19pm - 90 comments - 0 attachments