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The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers

... change that wasn’t decreed from on high. Part of this stems from an antiquated, 1950s career model .   A ... be so kind, and let me know as well: what is an NAI? 2) I actually disagree with much of the tone of your post, and hold liberal ...

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

SWJ Interview with Bing West (Part 2)

... Small Wars Journal interview with Bing West (Part 1 of 2) Small Wars Journal interview with Bing West (Part 2 of 2): ...

Blog post - Aug 15 2008 - 5:45am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Three Cups of BS? (Updates 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

... inquires, please email media@ikat.org . Update 2 Mortenson Under Fire from '60 Minutes', Bozeman Philanthropist Denies ... between the elders and commanders. For Mortenson's part, his growing relationship with the military convinced him that it had ...

Blog post - Apr 18 2011 - 8:06pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments

SWJ Interview with Bing West (Part 1)

... Small Wars Journal interview with Bing West (Part 1 of 2) 1. You assessed that the Iraq war turned around for the better prior ...

Blog post - Aug 14 2008 - 6:30am - 1 comment - 0 attachments

General McChrystal Recalled (Updated)

... egregious lapse in professional conduct -- not only on the part of McChrystal, but on the part of his subordinates." "What this ... -- Christian Science Monitor Update 2: McChrystal Scandal May Complicate U.S.-Afghan Strategy - ...

Blog post - Jun 23 2010 - 6:04am - 89 comments - 0 attachments

COIN Is Not Dead

... believe, or the subject of off limits for those who are part of the anointed inside-the-beltway crowd. Not talking about Pakistan when ... Counterinsurgency." Small Wars & Insurgencies 21, no. 2 (2010): 233-58. Dixon, Paul. "'Hearts and Minds'? British ...

Journal Article - Feb 6 2012 - 4:22am - 38 comments

CCO Interview with Bing West

... take control of the counterinsurgency effort was a major part of our change in strategy in early 2007, do we need to rethink our basic ... the battles in Basra and Baghdad in April of 2007. 2. Similarly, do we need to revisit our assumptions for creating governance in ...

Blog post - Mar 5 2009 - 6:18pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Nagl on West: In it to Win

... August 2008. SWJ Interview with Bing West - (Part 1) SWJ Interview with Bing West - (Part 2) Purchase The Strongest Tribe - Amazon.com ...

Blog post - Aug 16 2008 - 3:12pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Evolving the COIN Field Manual: A Case for Reform

... understood but we cannot make any single "way" the dominat part of strategy and strategic thinking. Re: Evolving the COIN Field ... A Case for Reform Mike: Nor I w/thee - and me 2. ;) Between me and thee, the American people don't care -- they just ...

Journal Article - Jul 22 2011 - 8:58am - 31 comments

The Wrong War

... jailed and tortured Afghan Christian convert Said Musa; (2) that Islamic law is the supreme law in Afghanistan and all other laws must ... under the misguided delusion we could build States in that part of the world that reflected our values and deny safehaven. That has been ...

Blog post - Feb 18 2011 - 7:41pm - 11 comments - 0 attachments