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I take issue with the will part of your argument. First off the Bush administration argued we were not an occupation force (we were) in either Afghanistan or Iraq, so the responsibilities of an...

Posted by JM999



Posted by Dayuhan



Lot's of wisdom in the above quotes, and while I emphasize with Carl's lamenting, I have come to a place where I believe the American people have a...

Posted by Bob



I hope it never evolves into this, war and conflict are inherently messy and mistakes will be constantly be made. In theory those who make mistakes become wiser for it, which is...

Posted by Bob's World



Of course there is, 3-24 say it works, so it must be law :D. I agree, and that is what happens when you have a bunch of GPF folks who have been focused on fighting tank...

Certainly a lot of multi-stars getting relieved of command for not following guidance from the beltway.

Posted by Bob's World after too many sips from the pop centric COIN pitcher :D

Actually I agree with the jist of your comments, we preach one thing and do another, but note I never referred to...

Steve, while I may sound like an apologist for the military I'm far from it, but it gets a little old when everyone, especially those uninformed on how things actually work only throw stones at our...

Posted by Carl



I hate the excessive self-promotion and the everyone in uniform is a hero crap also. It puts the lowest performer on par with the highest performer. Heroes are exceptional...

Posted by Surferbeetle,

Some of your comments had no context, so I didn't understand what you were implying, but comments on a couple.



Saddam and his sons are dead, and good on us, but...

Posted by Bob's World



Some are, but it seems most of our national policy statements address the significant strategic level geopolitical changes taking place beneath our feet, but perhaps...

Fuchs wrote,



If you're talking post Korea it is difficult, but I think an argument can be made that the US Army proved its ability to endure against a potentially superior force during the...

Posted by Fuchs



Agreed



I differ with you here, because the author attempted without providing any supporting evidence to conflate military competence with losing strategies/policies. ...

Dayuhan correctly framed the issue, but to add when it comes to military capability there isn't any other military that comes close. Population centric COIN is a failed approach that the author of...