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... analysis of insurgent strategy and tactics to speak out on an issue of grave importance to Small Wars Journal readers. We, as a ... until my objective were attained. And I would be at peace with God in doing so. Re: Waterboarding is Torture… Period (Links ...

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

... The other part builds from the neoliberalist thought that peace must be measured and ensued outside of the violence of the military option. This path is based on the unconditional belief in the power of capitalism and the modern ...

Blog post - Dec 26 2010 - 2:20am - 6 comments - 0 attachments

... the Iraqis must be left to determine their own path to peace without further intervention.  At most, we can contain the violence ... this hypothesis.  This is part of a much larger on-going work, but given the urgency of today, I felt it necessary to share my ...

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

... Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, issued a statement on 23 December 2011 on his Facebook page stating "hazing is simply ... as well… Perhaps we are destined to resurrect the 1st Earth Battalion??? As the author I want to be As the author I want to ... but only really slowly in peacetime -- and we are in peace time now. Some folks go off to war. I got a kid that's been to ...

Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 1:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments

... agree we also have a moral obligation to ask their opinion on the matter. As a result of U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Pakistan ... the Afghans will finally succumb to exhaustion and make peace among themselves—if only to free up energy to wage war against ...

Journal Article - Mar 3 2012 - 11:26am - 45 comments

... as they await the reaction to a nighttime shooting rampage on March 11 in Panjwai, near Kandahar, that left 16 Afghan civilians dead. The ... back to our roots and rebalance our force for the type of peace the world enjoys today. The Army is a warfighting force. It is a good ...

Blog post - Mar 16 2012 - 6:21pm - 44 comments - 0 attachments

... How Afghanistan Ends: A Political-Military Path to Peace by Linda Robinson Download the Full Article: How ... the political effects that must be achieved; 2) emphasis on bottom-up measures that can produce momentum in the short term, and 3) a ...

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

... Continue on for today's SWJ news and opinion roundup and links to the USNI Daily and ... Troops from Urban Areas - WP Syrian Troops Miss Peace Plan Deadline - LAT Envoy to Syria Seeks Iranian Help as ...

Blog post - Apr 11 2012 - 5:05am - 3 comments - 0 attachments

... A counterinsurgency strategy based on the now-famous Field Manual 3-24, written under the auspices of then-LTGs ... in Mexico.”  Project on International Peace and Security , The College of William and Mary (2010). [15] ...

Journal Article - Dec 27 2011 - 6:10am - 42 comments

... One Israeli's view on what's to come. I’ll save you the ... exercise. This is why Sadat came to Israel and signed a peace agreement. Hamas and Hezbollah have been restraining themselves since ...

Journal Article - Apr 7 2012 - 7:36am - 14 comments