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... Most notable was his intention to extract 10,000 soldiers this year and 23,000 more by next summer, before the height of Afghanistan's ... and innovation remains to be seen. Re: This Week at War: End of the COIN Era? My first thought on the number was: Is ...

Blog post - Jun 23 2011 - 1:30pm - 64 comments - 0 attachments

... deal of discussion and debate.  I plan to continue this debate in a series of essays from our contributors.  I've ... expect a return on an investment. If I spend 40 hours in a week cooking hamburgers, I expect a paycheck. If I create a product that ...

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

... We, as a nation, are having a crisis of honor. Last week the Attorney General nominee Judge Michael Mukasey refused to define ... enemy would use torture at the slightest whim. If this is the case, then waterboarding is unquestionably being used as torture ...

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

... And there are three overriding truths driving this IW: investors are more powerful than nation states; stateless actors are ... Kabul on a NATO-hosted trip. They were briefed for over a week on the many faces of progress and imminent success, and as they were ...

Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 62 comments

... and history of the "Dear Boss" letter, see this post . Dear Boss, I don’t just quit. I give up. ... a day of heavy attack but it sometimes went on for a week with little permanent damage. I have no idea how much detonation speed ...

Blog post - May 14 2012 - 4:55am - 41 comments - 0 attachments

... of the post-modern and highly abstract concepts offered in this article help generate some discourse, creative or critical thinking, then ... out and Outlaw- sorry, been out and about this week and not near a computer. Give me a bit to re-engage and I will read ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 12:30pm - 83 comments

... blocking the borders, but we should not pick a winner in this fight. Intent This is just one assessment for ... Let me add and push back just slightly that i spent last week going through General Casey's papers at NDU. He was very gracious to give ...

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

... Joint Strike Fighter program came under renewed scrutiny this week. The Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and many foreign partners plan to buy ...

Blog post - May 27 2011 - 1:49pm - 8 comments - 0 attachments

... delusion’ ( Komer , p. 78). Indeed, a feature of this symposium, which attracted some publicity, was a mood of almost apologetic ... papers have been uncovered ahead of a High Court bid this week to secure a public inquiry into the 1948 Batang Kali killings. ...

Journal Article - Apr 16 2012 - 4:44am - 23 comments

... Click here to see the latest edition of my column at Foreign Policy . Topics include: 1) Will protecting part of ... losing the rest? 2) Hezbollah captures the Pentagon's war-planning process. Click here to see the ...

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