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Waterboarding is Torture... Period (Links Updated # 9)

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

This Week at War, No. 24

... of all security responsibilities to Afghan forces. A week into of the operation, there are now questions about when those Afghan ... when asked when more might be on the way. As if he saw this coming, Gen. James L. Jones (ret.), President Obama's national ...

Blog entry - Jul 10 2009 - 6:49pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

24 August SWJ Roundup

... Transition - WP Rebel Council to Move to Tripoli this Week - Reuters For Libyan Rebels, a Time to Celebrate - WP ...

Blog entry - Aug 24 2011 - 3:39am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

This Week at War: The Pakistan Veto

... for a NATO helicopter attack on a Pakistani border outpost this week, Pakistan has closed the Torkham border crossing into Afghanistan to ...

Blog entry - Oct 1 2010 - 6:36pm - 12 comments - 0 attachments

Toward a Gentler, Kinder German Reich?

... 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

A Combined Arms Response to "Death of the Armor Corps"

... you made the unnecessary swipe at the USAF. Reference this line: "To do otherwise risks making the Armor branch the Armys equivalent ... gentlemen) to peace keeping/occupation duties within a week of being committed to combat (the left side). Transitions that were ...

Journal Article - Jun 1 2010 - 4:36pm - 78 comments

The US in Afghanistan: Follow Sun Tzu rather than Clausewitz to Victory

... for the third in response to September 11, 2001. To turn this operational failure around, the U.S. military instrument of power should ... have anything more on this recent report from Aviation Week; From Aviation Week (courtesy of Tigerhawk): Chinese advisers are ...

Journal Article - Dec 11 2010 - 9:53am - 67 comments

A Rifleman's War

... article that is far more important than most. This quote from that article neatly summarizes the the subject problem as well ... Virtually no one in the USMC used to sluff their two week range period. That two weeks is the second factor; one whole week of ...

Journal Article - Sep 9 2010 - 2:00pm - 38 comments

Torture at The Library of Congress

... or led to charges of undue command influence, etc.) This policy could be (and was) portrayed as a "coverup". Most of what's ... at the Abu Ghraib prison - we offer up this link to last week's BBC interview with England. Re: Torture at The Library of Congress ...

Blog entry - Aug 12 2009 - 1:00pm - 67 comments - 0 attachments

A really bad day for bin Laden -- and for Pakistan

... deserves great credit for taking the risk of ordering this raid. He likely knew that the past record of such high-visibility raids ... for denied sites into a game environment simulator in a week. Re: A really bad day for bin Laden -- and for Pakistan Omar: ...

Blog entry - May 2 2011 - 7:58am - 60 comments - 0 attachments