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... in the comments and at Small Wars Council. Re: This Week at War #21 Women are typically far more perceptive and empathetic to ...

Blog entry - Jun 19 2009 - 3:53pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... to wrest a strategic area from insurgent forces, in this case the Taliban, and win the "hearts and minds" of the local people. In a ... failure. Captain Kendall's paper published earlier this week in SWJ on Ghazni or Captain James Few's case study of Zaganiyah in 2008 ...

Blog entry - Jul 25 2010 - 3:27am - 47 comments - 0 attachments

... U.S. officials decided to confirm Davis's status. What this confirmation will mean for Davis and other U.S. government employees in ... vehicle carrying Raymond Davis to a hearing in Lahore last week. Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP The western spy of the Hollywood thriller ...

Blog entry - Feb 21 2011 - 2:00pm - 95 comments - 0 attachments

... deterrence against the North. China's handling of this affair will end up costing it and brings Beijing's judgment into question. ... gets to choose how history plays out. Re: This Week at War: China's Foolish Fight Over the Yellow Sea I would tend ...

Blog entry - Jul 23 2010 - 8:22pm - 16 comments - 0 attachments

... Not to be outdone, The Economist that same week castigated Angela Merkel’s “pigheaded brinkmanship” and ... than either Britain or France. In the past ten years, this predominance has already been reflected in EU institutions, both ...

Journal Article - Nov 29 2011 - 8:32am - 4 comments

... lies with offensive action against the IED networks. This will require aggressive patrolling, raiding, and the interrogation of ... military cannot afford in Afghanistan. Re: This Week at War: Why Don't Stryker Brigades Work in Afghani Sir- ...

Blog entry - Nov 6 2009 - 3:59pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... fight a war? Recruit a civilian, not a soldier Last week, the Washington Post 's David Ignatius discussed how the line ... larger and far more significant change that continues to this day. In order to survive and compete against the military power enjoyed by ...

Blog entry - Jun 10 2011 - 5:40pm - 16 comments - 0 attachments

... he was ordered instead to return to Afghanistan later this year to work on tribal issues... More at The Washington Post ... To any interested party, Making the rounds this week, talking with a lot of smart folks in the DC area and without getting into ...

Blog entry - Jan 17 2010 - 4:59am - 46 comments - 0 attachments

... of experience, training, or education in those fields. This re-branding created financial and professional opportunities that were ... Re: A Third COIN Course of Action Quote of the week nomination: "And now we have COIN, the bizarre concept that the U.S. ...

Journal Article - Jul 21 2010 - 3:49pm - 43 comments

... of Bak (the latter a historical HIG stronghold) earlier this year have weakened the insurgency and effectively pushed rebels from ... Billions are being spent on military development every week but we insist on getting the infantry to find fertilizer bombs with their ...

Journal Article - Nov 2 2011 - 5:13pm - 28 comments