Summary: A sad aspect of our War on Terror (AKA the long mad war) is how it repeats lessons not learned from the Vietnam War. Here’s an example from today’s news. Tom Engelhardt’s TomDispatch always goes to the top of my reading pile. Tom publishes long, complex articles which compare to the average blog post like the …
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The media have discovered that our military has mastered the key 4GW skill of running information operations. Thoroughly researched and well-written, the following is probably one of the most important news stories of the year.  I strongly recommend reading it. “Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand“, New York Times, 20 April 2008 — “A Pentagon …
Part V of this series provoked many emails requesting more symptoms showing the decline of the State (DOTS) in America. I wish all the questions I received were so easy to answer. This essay will give some general background and a specific example. The ur-text for DOTS is Martin van Creveld’s The Rise and Decline …
Part II of a Series Every war has its surprises. The major experts on 4GW have so far accurately forecast the nature and trends of the Iraq War, but recent developments have disproved one of their most important beliefs: that America’s government, especially its military, would be unable to master 4GW.This is important news! I …
News from the Front: America’s military has mastered 4GW! Read More »
