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How does Israel stop Hamas rocket attacks? A massive ground invasion into the strip to flatten Hamas? Target Hamas leadership? Economic strangulation of the strip? Would any of these work? Any...

The link is: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/11/20/061120fa_fact

I just finished reading an interesting article about Rumsfeld, Marshall, the RMA and the Iraq invasion in 2003. According to the article (http://www.newyorker.com/archive/200.../061120fa_fact), the...

What if Turkey had allowed us to enter Iraq through Turkey in 2003. Given all that has happened since then would this have made much of a difference?

Wow-all I am getting is the common perspective that contractors have failed and the request that I prove otherwise. In spite of the fact that day after day, week after week and month after month,...

Well it was a surprise to me to hear people say that the use of contractors was a failure-especially in Iraq. Yes we've all heard (and heard and heard) in the press about the isolated problems, i.e....

You have assumed, but not demonstrated, that the use of PMCs was a failure. If you can "show me the meat", your contention might hold more weight.

Afghanistan, Iraq... Contractors are playing a big role-need I say more?

What role will contractors play in future COIN ops? Will their role increase, stay the same or decrease relative to the role they play today? I don't see their role doing anything but increasing...