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The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers

... Disruptive thinkers: the way to reinvigorate a senseless bureaucracy or a threat to the establishment?  ... intellectual incest. That's why Gen Galvin wanted Gen Petraeus to get a civilian advanced degree. Such feeblemindedness is expressed ...

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

Petraeus to Replace McChrystal (Updated)

... for our military and for our country. I'm also pleased to nominate General David Petraeus to take command in Afghanistan, which will allow us to maintain the ...

Blog post - Jun 24 2010 - 5:35am - 31 comments - 0 attachments

Gen. Petraeus Assumes Command of ISAF (Updated)

... Gen. Petraeus Assumes Command of ISAF - SFC Matthew Chlosta , ISAF Public Affairs ... not a change in policy or strategy," Petraeus said. "To be sure, I will, as any new commander should, together with ISAF, Afghan, ...

Blog post - Jul 4 2010 - 5:41am - 1 comment - 0 attachments

AP Sources: Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA (Updated)

... Associated Press unnamed sources say Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA, Crocker to Kabul and Allen to ISAF. Update ...

Blog post - Apr 27 2011 - 5:59pm - 11 comments - 0 attachments

Disruptive Thinkers: Defining the Problem

... An attempt to answer the question:  What problem are we trying to solve? ... Gates, or how he got behind disruptive innovation like Gen Petraeus' work, or COIN technologies like MRAPs, UAVs, and ubiquitous cameras. ...

Journal Article - Apr 9 2012 - 5:00am - 61 comments

How Afghanistan Ends

... How Afghanistan Ends: A Political-Military Path to Peace by Linda Robinson Download the Full Article: How ... For more than an hour, Gen. David H. Petraeus, U.S. Ambassador Karl W. Eikenberry and other top Western officials in ...

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

Petraeus: Meet The Press and The Washington Post

... General David Petraeus , Commander of NATO ISAF , appreared on NBC's " Meet the Press ... progress in Afghanistan must be extended and linked to fully root out the Taliban and other extremist organizations , and that ...

Blog post - Aug 16 2010 - 3:16am - 23 comments - 0 attachments

Romancing the COIN

...  He argues for a more simplistic approach to the problem in Afghanistan.  As we grope in the dark for a way out of ...   We found them in the likes of General Petraeus, Kilcullen, General McChrystal and Nagle.  Confident in their ... a media free zone (Sri Lanka). Can you imagine the US-NATO forces being permitted by global public opinion to impose a massive ...

Journal Article - Mar 13 2012 - 11:56am - 35 comments

Petraeus gets another tough job

... was not a surprise. The transfer of Gen. David Petraeus to Afghanistan is a surprise. Petraeus already has a critical full-time job as ...

Blog post - Jun 23 2010 - 2:49pm - 13 comments - 0 attachments

General Petraeus Gets CENTCOM (Updated)

... Associated Press is reporting that General David Petraeus , Commanding General Multi-National Force - Iraq , has been named ... for the past year, will be nominated by President Bush to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command, Defense Secretary Robert ...

Blog post - Apr 23 2008 - 6:00pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments