- Waterboarding is Torture... Period (Links Updated # 9)
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... I'm also honest enough to realize that this will have consequences - one of which is that the response to a doctrine of total warfare ... of an action. Since everyone admits there are unintended consequences to just about every action, many have come to doubt the ...
Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments
- Irregular Warfare, Village Stability Operations and the Venture Capital Green Beret
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... that people become dependent on it and it has all kinds of unintended consequences. Outside of assisting micro-loan organizations or State Dept ...
Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 62 comments
- Unintended Consequences
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... monologues raise some serious concerns about possible unintended consequences resulting from Bob Woodward's book Obama's Wars . ...
Blog post - Sep 30 2010 - 6:39am - 2 comments - 0 attachments
- Ink Spots of Success: The Smart Power Approach to Our Endgame in Afghanistan
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... ineffective? So yes a lot more thinking about the unintended consequences to be done and how it works with the international community's ...
Journal Article - May 21 2012 - 5:48am - 29 comments
- Malaya: The Myth of Hearts and Minds
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... virtues. This leisurely progress across Malaya served the unintended effect of down-playing the situation. There was never a sense ... got land title, amentities, lifted restrictions) and the consequences of noncooperation. Eg villagers would see ever harsher curfews, ...
Journal Article - Apr 16 2012 - 4:44am - 23 comments
- This Week at War: Losing Faith
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... troops, who make decisions with far-reaching strategic consequences. In a 2007 monograph , Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap ... impact the locals even though that is not the intent. Unintended consequences, just as free fire zones (and CAS to aid TIC...) and ...
Blog post - Mar 16 2012 - 6:21pm - 44 comments - 0 attachments
- Unintended Consequences
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... some of my recollections oon the sort of allied subject of unintended consequences and their lingering effects. The Brigade structures he referenced ...
Blog post - Feb 13 2009 - 4:59pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments
- Romancing the COIN
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... government policy are poor at understanding the practical consequences or the perverse incentives their policies create. As ... make those consequences worse. Dealing with foreseen or unintended consequences is necessary, exacerbating the problem is optional... ...
Journal Article - Mar 13 2012 - 11:56am - 35 comments
- The COIN Approach to Mexican Drug Cartels: Square Peg in a Round Hole
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... However, the dynamics of the conflict could result in unintended consequences, up to the worst case of State collapse if the violence isn't ...
Journal Article - Dec 27 2011 - 6:10am - 42 comments
- Pop-COIN and ‘The Death of American Strategy’ (Updated)
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... best intentions, there will be unfortunate instances of unintended damage, destruction, and harm. These generalities are of ... conclusion resulting from a analysis can have very serious consequences, such as the inability to achieve strategic and operational ...
Blog post - Jan 13 2012 - 7:19am - 49 comments - 0 attachments


