I endorse most of what Gian Gentile says here about the Vietnam War, especially in the context of this quote from George Herring:…the war could [not] have been ‘won’ in any meaningful sense at a moral or material cost most Americans deemed acceptable.Gentile is a...
Iraq war
I appreciate international society's need for mercenary companies. Developing military institutions is difficult and time consuming, and even though mercenaries are expensive, they can provide short term emergency relief. Mercenaries.
This is kind of cool:Eminent economists have told Queen Elizabeth II that the global financial downturn was brought about by a "psychology of denial" among the financial and political elite,.
This story summarizes an investigation into why 14 soldiers from one army base in Colorado have been convicted of or charged with 11 murders and two attempted murders over a three-year period. Almost all were Iraq veterans, and several claim to have witnessed war crimes....
This is the third installment of a seven part series on the Patterson School's Summer Reading List.World of Nations, William KeylorThe Bottom Billion, Paul CollierHide and Seek, Charles DuelferCharles Duelfer.
Homer: Not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm.Lisa: That’s specious reasoning, Dad.Homer: Thank you, dear.Lisa: By your logic I could claim that this.
Ezra highlights Tom Ricks' post on trouble at the Army War College. The Army War College, like its Navy counterpart, employs primarily civilian academics to produce research and to furnish senior officers with a strategic perspective. The Naval War College, for example, was an important...
Just got this breathless press release from the McCain campaign:BARACK OBAMA SAID IT!: "There's No Doubt That General Petraeus Does Not Want A Timetable"Barack ObamaMedia AvailabilityAmman, JordanJuly 22, 2008Barack Obama:.
Shorter Derb: All of your country are belong to us now. Verbatim Derb:We should tell Maliki, loudly and in public, that he owes his job to us, and that further.
Andrew McCarthy on how Maliki is an Iranian stooge and lousy ingrate:As I've mentioned before, Maliki, of the Shiite Dawa Party which opposed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq in the first place, has long-standing ties to Iran and Syria — and has expressed support...
Atrios makes a point:From the perspective of US as imperial power the "'single-minded' focus on Iraq" has also been an utter disaster. For those who think that one way or.
Michael O'Hanlon is displeased:Michael E. O'Hanlon, a Democratic defense analyst at the Brookings Institution who has been an outspoken supporter of the war in Iraq, said he could not believe.