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... out of time, Petraeus implements Biden's counterterrorism plan 2) Britain chooses to become an American auxiliary Running out ... or defensive (separatist or autonomous movements). b. A protracted political-military struggle designed to weaken government ...

Blog entry - Oct 22 2010 - 6:22pm - 30 comments - 0 attachments

... when the towers fell. And they are the same men who would plan to see even worse mass murders perpetrated on us. We KNOW that they are ... to care so very much about (a) the ethics of torture; and (b) American complaints. I'm afraid your contention has no credibility, ...

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

... The Iran Attack Plan - Anthony Cordesman, Wall Street Journal . Iran's ... Iran Attack Plan The acquisition of nuclear weapons b Iran will be very destabilising to the Middle East. There are several Arab ...

Blog entry - Sep 26 2009 - 6:44am - 7 comments - 0 attachments

... India invade Pakistan in the first place? What is the plan that is thought to lead to an Indian invasion? This is NDC-level bullshit ... that: a. Just like the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, b. Likewise with the United States initiative to transform various states and ...

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

... human desire to "project upon the world an ideal plan that will then have to be incorporated into factual reality." 22 This ... Dubious Ethics of Modern Air Wars, TNR, 22 March 2011)? B.H. Liddell Hart states, in his book Strategy, that "...the aim of strategy ...

Journal Article - Apr 15 2011 - 4:58am - 35 comments

... through the Bn/Bde command route. Im skeptical of any plan to change the Army through an OER or through the Chief of Staff. The Army ... This might a) create competition for those CC/PSG slots b) cull the herd of those that know they don't or can't function in those ...

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

... directly fight local insurgencies (strategy), and (b) When we must, how should we do so (doctrine)? Given the record, this ... hurt and facilitated homegrown solutions. Surge sooner. Plan for stability operations with multiple dispersed COPs. Finally, ...

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

... Rachel Maddow Show." Maddow was dismayed by Obama's new plan, which she called "massive escalation," but, when she introduced Nagl, a ... a. There is no similar great power rivalry today. b. There is no great power supporting the current insurgency(ies) and c. ...

Blog entry - Jan 4 2010 - 12:54pm - 89 comments - 0 attachments

... ongoing. Too many organizations spend way too much on the plan and lack the capability to implement maybe in part due to risk aversion, ... will show you A) what they think you want to see and B) what they think will benefit them most and C) what will get rid of you ...

Blog entry - Mar 12 2010 - 4:09pm - 91 comments - 0 attachments

... happening outside. Unlike on previous occasions, we don't plan to leave these areas once they're secured. These ops will run over months, ... that drives the sectarian conflict in Iraq will fail. (b.) The enemy is fluid, but the population is fixed. (The enemy is fluid ...

Blog entry - Jun 26 2007 - 6:11am - 49 comments - 0 attachments