Is this threat understated? Or overstated? “The Jihadist CBRN Threat” — chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons. By Scott Stewart, Stratfor, 10 February 2010 — This report is republished with permission of STRATFOR. In an interview aired Feb. 7 on CNN, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she considers weapons of mass destruction (WMD) …
Summary: Today’s violence from islamic extremists has many similarities to the anarchists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Using standard police and intelligence methods, Western governments defeated the anarchists without massive restrictions on civil liberties and military operations. Post-9/11 history suggests that we can successfully cope with Islamic extremists using similar methods. Contents Introduction. Then and now: …
George Friedman describes the jihadist threat, omitting any reference to their strength or numbers, their military or financial resources. Nor does he cite any evidence for his speculation. Next week: an analysis of the dragon and orc threats. (While Jihadists obviously exist, unlike dragons and orcs, there is no evidence they exist in strength sufficient to warrant the trillions of …
Second in a series discussing the effect of our Long War on America. 1. How will the Long War affect America? Will it make us stronger or weaker? Crazy? Unleash our dark side? 3. Killing prisoners, our new tactic in the War on Terror? 4. Bloodlust – a natural by-product of a long war? One of the …
Why we fight. Causes of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read More »
Today’s post examines advice to us from historian Steven Pressfield: “The real enemy in Afghanistan isn’t Islamism or jihadism. It’s tribalism. … Can we Westerners impose ‘citizen values’ on a tribal society?” (from his website) Some people say our real enemy in Afghanistan is their religion. Pressfield says our enemy is their form of society. Both sides agree that they cannot …
Advice about our long war – “It’s the tribes, stupid” Read More »
