Ike's theory of small Wars

[SteveMetz]

From a longer article



I've been thinking about this for a while. The time to worry about things like ethnic cleansing and increased Iranian influence is before you start the war. You can't put the genie back in the bottle.

I like Ike. We even use the same hair stylist.

[goesh]

I thought you were making reference to the campaign button, " I Like Ike".

You state in your essay, "The astute strategist senses such obsolescence before it is proven, and uses a burst of creativity to establish new patterns..."

This seems to characterize the friction between the COIN advocates and traditionalists of today's Military

[SteveMetz]

I thought you were making reference to the campaign button, " I Like Ike".

I was. (this is gibberish because I was told my message was too short)

[tequila]

Ike: the wrong man for the Long War?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkAqtILdYaI

[goesh]

Well, I always like the way Ike handled all the displaced persons and their thuggery after the firing had ceased - a whiff of grapeshot can still go a long ways sometimes

[Steve Blair]

Eisenhower is also the man who brought us the idea of massive retaliation and got us started in Southeast Asia (Laos). I'm not a big fan....

[tequila]

Well, I always like the way Ike handled all the displaced persons and their thuggery after the firing had ceased - a whiff of grapeshot can still go a long ways sometimes

Could you be more specific? I'd like to know more about this.

Steve - You could also mention Operation Ajax in Iran that brought us so many benefits. Also American empowerment of Joseph Mobutu, but who cares about Africa.

[Jedburgh]

....You could also mention Operation Ajax in Iran that brought us so many benefits. Also American empowerment of Joseph Mobutu, but who cares about Africa.

Ike's Spies: Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment, by Stephen Ambrose, is a good read along those lines.

[Ken White]

...
... You could also mention Operation Ajax in Iran that brought us so many benefits. Also American empowerment of Joseph Mobutu, but who cares about Africa.

ire in the Iraniha. There were a few who were torqued by it but the vast majority were not nearly as concerned as many here in the US seem to wish to believe...

There are a bunch more you could cite aside from Mobutu.

[CR6]

I like Ike. We even use the same hair stylist.

I'm a big fan too Steve. In fact, I've got your monograph on my bookshelf. My nine year old boy insisted that we celebrate GEN Eisenhower's 117th birthday today, so my wife baked some cupcakes and we sang "Happy Birthday Ike" after dinner this evening.