The plan behind the "no plan"
Bush’s Democrat and Republican critics have repeated the same canard now over and over again for years: Bush has no plan, no coherent strategy for Iraq. It’s all hit or miss, etc. Former Reagan...
View ArticleTrust
Bing West at the Small Wars Journal offers insight from a recent trip to Iraq: "Trust will decide this war. We know the essence of the problem: Whether the Iraqi central government and security forces...
View ArticleCounterinsurgency
Here’s an idea many former Army advisors can get behind. In essence, Green Berets on the cheap. "…just as the new realities of warfare demanded the creation of the Special Forces in the 1960′s, winning...
View ArticleGori, Georgia
Are the Russians still in Gori, or have they left Gori? Have they agreed to leave Gori, or have they refused to leave Gori? The MSM is all over the place on those questions, trying to be authoritative...
View ArticleThe Advisory Corps
This is an idea advocated by John Nagl at Small Wars Journal which makes a lot of sense to this old Army advisor in Vietnam. The role has never been more important, as American counterinsurgency...
View ArticleThe Advisory Corps
This is an idea advocated by John Nagl at Small Wars Journal which makes a lot of sense to this old Army advisor in Vietnam. The role has never been more important, as American counterinsurgency...
View ArticleCivil wars in Mexico
Well, not quite, but almost. Couple of good notices lately, one at the Small Wars Journal and one from Stratfor, of the increasing drug wars going on in Mexico, corrupting their government and spilling...
View ArticleUsing the Army to stop the Tea Party
Nevermind the Pentagon striking the word jihad from the military lexicon, at Obozo’s order, thereby eliminating references to a genuine threat. How about this new effort by a retired Army colonel and a...
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