Occasionally an expert writes something that perfectly captures the spirit of an endeavor, on multiple levels. The Iraq War has as yet no master chronicler, as TE Lawrence captured the WWI Arab Revolt or David Halberstam the Vietnam War. Until then the best we have is this new presentation by David Kilcullen (Ph.D., LTC Australian …
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Part VI of a series about America’s new Long War But if my assumption is valid and al-Qaeda’s leadership wants to change course (in Anbar) but cannot, we may have found a seam in 4GW entities we can exploit. It will not exist in all 4GW organizations; gangs, for example, often have tight top-down discipline. …
Part V of a series about America’s new Long War Sooner or later, everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences. Robert Louis Stevenson, source unknown We live in a time in which fourth generation war is the dominant form of conflict. Adapting to this means confronting harsh truths. Like those of the Iraq War. …
Part IV of a series about America’s new Long War Summary:Â How will the Iraq War end? Is there a solution? These are the questions readers most frequently ask me. Here is my answer. This is the 34th article I have published at DNI over the past four years, the 22nd about Iraq. I wish …
Summary:Â This report is just a sketch, some thoughts that hopefully spark discussion about America’s rush to war. It proposes the following: There is as yet insufficient evidence that America is threatened sufficiently to justify the large-scale mobilization of citizens that we call “war.” There is insufficient public evidence that al Qaeda or Islamic jihadists …
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