- Waterboarding is Torture... Period (Links Updated # 9)
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... as a nation, are having a crisis of honor. Last week the Attorney General nominee Judge Michael Mukasey refused to define ... at your mercy. Furthermore, killing your enemy leads to winning the war. In the vast majority of circumstances, waterboarding does not. ...
Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments
- Fighting for a Narrative
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... Fighting for a Narrative: A Campaign Assessment of the US-led Coalition's Psychological and Information Operations in Afghanistan ... have to be applied." We cannot use a powerful argument in winning over the people, an argument that all know to be true because ...
Journal Article - Sep 12 2010 - 3:53pm - 3 comments
- Irregular Warfare, Village Stability Operations and the Venture Capital Green Beret
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... Capturing the investor's mindset in special operations. ... may be of interest and perhaps even of help to you: Winning the War in Afghanistan ... as well as assurances that we are not just weaving a narrative and spinning a story. End Quote The U.S. government policy ...
Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 50 comments
- Ten Points for the FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency Manual Conference
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... Ahead of the COIN conference at Ft. Leavenworth, Robert C. Jones offers ten points for ... matter, not governmental intent. #10: “Winning” : Not preserving some regime or defeating some threat, but ...
Blog post - May 7 2012 - 5:12pm - 43 comments - 0 attachments
- Winning the Narrative
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... The National Review On-Line recently posted an interview with LtGen James ... He is working on his third book about the war. Re: Winning the Narrative "Mufsidoon" "al-Hiraba" "hirab" "munafiquun" ...
Blog post - Jul 17 2007 - 6:17am - 5 comments - 0 attachments
- Malaya: The Myth of Hearts and Minds
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... Powell-Jones cautioned allies that ‘too much in the way of generalities should not be deduced from the Malayan campaign’ ... None of the British participants (all military) spoke of winning Malay hearts and minds by military force . In Colonel ...
Journal Article - Apr 16 2012 - 4:44am - 23 comments
- Reflections from the Valley’s Edge: A Year with the Pashtuns in the Heartland of the Taliban
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... An interview with Daniel R. Green, who served at the PRT in Uruzgan in 2005-2006 and in Kabul from 2009-2010. ... has the most mature ALP program in the country and we are winning. To all, How does the ALP (the theoretical idea of it, ...
Journal Article - May 11 2012 - 6:05am - 25 comments
- Changing the Organizational Culture (Updated)
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... The technology of the Twenty-first Century -- the "new media" -- has made it ... Long term, the mass media is going to have a hard time winning back any trust and support among the people who fight the wars. ...
Blog post - Feb 3 2008 - 1:50pm - 26 comments - 0 attachments
- How Afghanistan Ends
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... Path to Peace by Linda Robinson Download the Full Article: How Afghanistan Ends This paper presents a scenario ... they wouldn't give up AQ. They perceive themselves to be winning. AQ has helped them in their efforts and are ideological soulmates. ...
Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 11:22pm - 120 comments
- Empire at War: The Effects of the War on Terrorism on the American Middle Class
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... Guns or butter, the age-old question. Editor's ... about guns vs. butter rages on, and currently the guns are winning at the expense of the American Dream . The cost of the War on ...
Blog post - Apr 23 2012 - 12:04pm - 25 comments - 0 attachments


