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Odyssey Dawn News and Opinion Roundup (Updated)

... degrade the regime's capability to resist the no-fly zone we are implementing under that United Nations resolution," Gortney said shortly ... - Investor's Business Daily editorial Qaddafi Must Go - Weekly Standard opinion Obama's Shift Toward Military Action ...

Blog post - Mar 20 2011 - 2:56am - 1 comment - 0 attachments

8 June SWJ Roundup

... and Merkel Tell Qaddafi to Go - NYT Gaddafi: 'We Will Not Surrender' - WP Gaddafi Vows to Fight to the Death - BBC Obama: Gadhafi Must Step Down as 'Arab Spring' Resumes - AFPS People in Battle-Torn ...

Blog post - Jun 8 2011 - 12:39am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Considerations on Libya

... on Libya by Steven T. Brothers We must prevent Qaddafi from more efficiently slaughtering his own people. This can be ...

Blog post - Mar 9 2011 - 8:28am - 26 comments - 0 attachments

To Design or Not to Design (Part Two)

... I would characterize as ontologically objective). We have created organizational technologies (such as the JSJ7 and Army's ... conduct belly gazing until hell freezes over; the CDR must ensure that design understanding transfers over to the detailed side ... We have to be able to communicate in clear language to prevent misunderstanding and articulate ends, ways, and means and tasks and ...

Journal Article - Mar 11 2011 - 10:14am - 72 comments

Michael Yon: Undeniable Progress, But it Could All Unravel

... Progress, But it Could All Unravel So as Yon argues we must do as the general (Petraeus) says, because he is the "man in the arena" ...

Blog post - Jun 20 2011 - 8:46am - 61 comments - 0 attachments

The Civil War Paradox

... There are disagreements over the fatality threshold that must be met, but most scholars classify a civil war as surpassing 1,000 deaths ... Historical Time, “[F]or the period to around 1700 we can conclude that the expressions ‘civil war’ and ...

Journal Article - Feb 13 2012 - 8:38pm - 3 comments

Boots on the Ground in Libya

... I agree with my friend Gian Gentile on this score - we seem to be caught in a cycle of perpetual war. Best, Paul Re: ... and the immutable rule that if we break it then we must therefore stay and fix it. Yet this is a recipe for perpetual war, and ...

Blog post - Apr 6 2011 - 8:38am - 31 comments - 0 attachments

Civilians on the Battlefield

... non-combatants. In the last several decades, we are witnessing cardinal changes in the nature of war. The traditional ... condition for civilian participation a war – they must be organized. Organization plays an important role in the turning of ...

Journal Article - Jan 9 2012 - 8:41am - 6 comments

28 May SWJ Roundup

... Thanks to those who answered my SOS yesterday - but we could use more, much more... - and the coin really is a nice item - only 500 ... Pacific Forces - S&S USMC Head: Services Must Better Oversee Programs - DN An Emotional Cycle as Soldiers Return ...

Blog post - May 28 2011 - 6:31am - 7 comments - 0 attachments

Sharp as a Modern Jomini?

... for several generations. And, so now in Arabic and Farsi we hear a new generation of nonviolent insurgents cry out for change -- with ... such as "popular or divine will" but in the end it must be expressed in diplomacy and warfare to be of any use to anyone. Thought ...

Blog post - Feb 17 2011 - 11:12pm - 19 comments - 0 attachments