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... be just as informed as the senior admin official. Re: Slow Burn I agree with you, but let's not pretend that generals have never ...

Blog post - Oct 7 2009 - 4:52pm - 22 comments - 0 attachments

... an example, I would compare the DoD to GM. GM began it's slow decline in the 1970's even though it still came up with a lot innovative ... lines, to continue to expend resources at the current burn rate, to advocate to continue on a 'steady as she goes' course, all the ...

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

... Though this program shows potential, the populace has been slow to cooperate. Village elders in the district have been supportive of the ... on your mission. Got it, you have to do it, but I wouldn't burn the midnight oil working on them, you have more important things to do. ...

Journal Article - Sep 4 2011 - 7:55am - 11 comments

... on GI’s - NYT Discontent in Jordan Over Slow Pace of Reform - WP Egypt Election Committee Halts Work After ... Plan for South Sudanese - BBC Fighters 'Burn' Mali Saint's Tomb - BBC Top Ministers Sacked in ...

Blog post - May 8 2012 - 2:47am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... way faster than I can type...and yes, I realize I am a slow typer. Just doing spell check is not enough... :-) Re: Win, Learn, ... destruction, better for us to stand back and just let it burn itself out IMO. Re: Win, Learn, Focus, Adapt, Win Again Slap, ...

Blog post - Apr 9 2011 - 6:48pm - 67 comments - 0 attachments

... since so many Taliban are there? Attack Pakistan Pashtuns? Burn all the poppy fields since some of that money finances the Taliban? Is the ... by EFPs and RKG-3s until the insurgency decided to slow down the pace when it appeared we were in fact actually going to leave ...

Journal Article - Apr 7 2010 - 2:49pm - 52 comments

... also, is likely to hinder any real consideration of a "go slow" approach. Re: The Great COIN Debate: Time for a Change? To sum ... transformation do you advocate? What fields would we burn other than poppies and how would that help people who proceed to starve? ...

Blog post - Jan 19 2009 - 3:26am - 42 comments - 0 attachments

... me a break with your description of the VC/NVA. They were slow learners. If you wanted to get body count go to the Trail. At the local ... in a world with a billion muslims and CNN, a slash and burn campaign through Pashtun lands would be more effective than the bad will ...

Journal Article - Jun 22 2011 - 8:45am - 40 comments

... era that followed the collapse of Rome witnessed only slow progress of the military arts. [12] Feudalism atomized European ... “three-all policy” – “kill all; burn all; destroy all” – a vicious counterinsurgency program that ...

Journal Article - Jan 4 2012 - 4:25am - 14 comments

... so correctly stated: "Strategy without tactics is the slow road to victory" but "tactics without strategy is the noise before ... useful. Unable to separate the wheat from the chaff, we burn Afghansitan and give what survived to Karzai. Does that make sense to you? ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2011 - 1:34pm - 36 comments