This site contains mostly analysis, with few specific predictions.  Here is one one:  August 2009 will mark the beginning of the end to our war in Afghanistan. The debate about the strategic foundation to the war has begun, and the advocates of ending the war have exposed its frail — even fraudulent — foundations. Also with …
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Important news about the review of Afghanistan policy, discussed in Who are the experts advising our generals? We know what they’ll say. SecDef Gates appears to have sent it back for revisions, and the new version is expected in late August or early September. Here is a transcript of the news conference. It has some interesting …
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Clausewitz spoke of a trinity of the people, the government, and the military. The rise to dominance of fourth generation warfare has made this conceptually useless, providing only a perspective from which to see how the world has changed.  During the past 60 years a new trinity of modern war has emerged for armies fighting in foreign lands. Chet Richards …
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Summary: Today there are few more important issues for America today than our ever-widening Middle Eastern wars. Not only are they strategically problematic (aka nuts), and can we ill afford the cost, but they divert the Obama Administration’s most scarcest resources: time and political capital. This emperils both its true agenda and its ability to …
“Going for Broke – 6 ways the Af-Pak War is Expanding” – Engelhardt Read More »
I enjoyed Ian Fleming’s books about James Bond, and some of the movies too (esp. Casino Royale). But should we base our geopolitical strategyon fielding teams of “00” agents (and special operators) to kill our enemies? Will this make us safer, or make more likely what we most wish to avoid? Consider this: Many (most?) nations …
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