Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
5 Days Ago
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Replies: 73
Views: 3,348
American Pride, you may want to consider a...
American Pride, you may want to consider a nuanced change of that handle to American Hubris.
You seem to believe that what is legal is also proper. You also are assessing "legitimacy" from...
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
1 Week Ago
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Replies: 73
Views: 3,348
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
1 Week Ago
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Replies: 73
Views: 3,348
As I stated in an earlier post, "punitive...
As I stated in an earlier post, "punitive expeditions work."
But even if that achieves ones narrowly tailored goal of punishing for past acts and deterring future ones, that is not "winning."
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
1 Week Ago
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Replies: 73
Views: 3,348
David,
I would add a few points a bit more...
David,
I would add a few points a bit more fundamental and strategic in nature:
1. The form of legitimacy necessery for natural stability cannot be created or bestowed by foreign power, but...
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
1 Week Ago
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Replies: 73
Views: 3,348
In most ways, I suspect we actually won't learn...
In most ways, I suspect we actually won't learn much from the Afghanistan experience. We have no real strategy now, so there will be no way to assess any lessons learned from that; our metrics are...
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 73
Views: 3,348
First we must redefine "winning" for internal...
First we must redefine "winning" for internal conflicts. For me it is simply this: "Not preserving some regime; not defeating some threat; but rather winning is increasing the percentage of the...
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 73
Views: 3,348
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 73
Views: 3,348
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 73
Views: 3,348
Slap,
More accurately, I believe "the...
Slap,
More accurately, I believe "the enemy" is a symptom, much more than "a system."
There is much friction to the US approach to propping up and sustaining systems of governance and...
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Forum: Catch-All, Military Art & Science
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 46
Views: 9,426
Gute,
Times do indeed change, and yet,...
Gute,
Times do indeed change, and yet, in so many ways how we frame and approach problems is still stuck in the Cold War. How we approached problems during the 165 years prior to WWII is far...
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 73
Views: 3,348
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Forum: Catch-All, Military Art & Science
2 Weeks Ago
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Replies: 46
Views: 9,426
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
04-08-2013
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Replies: 287
Views: 18,318
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Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
04-06-2013
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,397
Every schoolboy knows the story of how the...
Every schoolboy knows the story of how the British Regulars stuck to the road as the marched back to Boston following the battles of Lexington and Concord, and were torn apart by Rebel snipers along...
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Forum: OEF - Afghanistan
03-30-2013
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,895
I for one am far more comfortable seeing an...
I for one am far more comfortable seeing an Afghan who made Kebabs in Nebraska advising a US Commander in Afghanistan on Afghan culture than I am am seeing a 90-day wonder US Afghan Hand advising an...
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Forum: Asia-Pacific
03-27-2013
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Replies: 687
Views: 72,539
Wars are easy to start.
Something the US...
Wars are easy to start.
Something the US should keep in mind as we define our relationships with key partners and allies. Currently we have empowered and emboldened far too many foreign "tails"...
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Forum: Asia-Pacific
03-26-2013
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Replies: 73
Views: 9,188
Bill,
I agree, but as you know, in good...
Bill,
I agree, but as you know, in good naval tradition, no one ever tells the Admrial when he has no clothes. Likewise, I don't see Admirals (or Generals) telling the President that we are...
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Forum: Asia-Pacific
03-25-2013
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Replies: 73
Views: 9,188
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Forum: Middle East
03-10-2013
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Replies: 41
Views: 2,085
Well, Dayuhan, most people who we call...
Well, Dayuhan, most people who we call "terrorists" are not really terrorists at all, but simply are people fed up with the situations of government they are forced to live under.
But not all...
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Forum: Middle East
03-09-2013
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Replies: 41
Views: 2,085
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Forum: Law Enforcement
03-01-2013
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Replies: 82
Views: 20,433
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Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
02-25-2013
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Replies: 152
Views: 23,130
Fuchs,
I appreciate where you are coming...
Fuchs,
I appreciate where you are coming from, but I find violence to be such a poor indicator of anything. Certainly it is a metric that something is seriously wrong, but I don't think it...
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Forum: Doctrine & TTPs
02-24-2013
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Replies: 152
Views: 23,130
Our definitions of insurgency and the related...
Our definitions of insurgency and the related operations of COIN and UW trap us in ways that are very confining. These definitions create small boxes with high walls that prevent our minds from...
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Forum: Adversary / Threat
02-04-2013
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Replies: 144
Views: 20,601
Ok, fair enough, let's explore this niche of...
Ok, fair enough, let's explore this niche of "ethnic terrorism."
Is this just pure racist violence for the sake of hate, or for some political purpose?
I'm no expert on what the KKK is today,...
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Forum: Adversary / Threat
02-03-2013
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Replies: 144
Views: 20,601
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