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... endure the hardships and return home with honor. 2. Waterboarding is not a simulation. Unless you have been strapped down to ... had "been pinned on President Bush ... but this has been part of interrogation for years and years and years." He is correct, but only ...

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

... To Design or Not to Design (Part Two): The There Is a Problem with the Word 'Problem;' How ... the ontological approach pervade through planning? 2) Does this ontological approach require a greater contextual awareness of the ...

Journal Article - Mar 11 2011 - 9:14am - 72 comments

... Words" Advisories Parts 4, 5 and 6 of 6. Part 1 . Parts 2 and 3 . Part # 4: Proofs of The al Qaeda Apostasy And as proof ...

Blog entry - Jun 4 2008 - 4:14am - 2 comments - 0 attachments

... and irresolvable tensions led to the Civil War.” [2]  James McPherson in the conclusion of his book on the Civil ... between the publication of these articles. This is just part of an on-going discussion on small wars. Over the last three months, I ...

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

... highlights the political effects that must be achieved; 2) emphasis on bottom-up measures that can produce momentum in the short term, ... for example) have stopped short of all-out war in large part due to the familiar cold war logic of nuclear deterrence. Strategic ...

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

... and deal with the delay. Otherwise, hit the road. 2) abolish all unit runs or mandate a 9 min / mile pace for no longer than 3 ... Importantly, we routinely discuss "toxic" leadership as part of our classes here. I would like to think we are making progress here ...

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

... add them) more along the lines: 1. What do we know? 2. What don't we know? 3. What do we believe (or at least think)? 4. What ... steps of D3A. Therefore, why not just add: * Find as part of Detect * Fix and Track as parts of Deliver * ... opinion. Re: The Targeting Process: D3A and F3EAD Well, they say when you cannot back up your position with logic, insult the ...

Journal Article - Jul 16 2011 - 7:50am - 57 comments

... by foreign armies against local insurgents Reason #2:  the intellectual foundation of COIN is largely bogus Other ... today? Or is the real and only difference that one is part of the Surge and the other is not? Just some questions to provoke, more to ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 7:07am - 48 comments - 0 attachments

... (1) our way is the only true way and that, accordingly, (2) we must (using force when necessary) bring everyone under the United States ... about) of the equation -- obviously, the people are a part of the state with interests that do not always perfectly align with their ...

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

... vague at best? We had to go into Afghanistan, the choice part was staying and trying to rebuild it. What rational leader would disregard ... our bilateral counterterrorism operations and drones. 2. A second group (or groups, really) grow with the money we give and are ...

Blog entry - Jun 20 2011 - 7:46am - 61 comments - 0 attachments