Tag Archives: McChrystal

Seth Mandel

Defining and Defeating the Global Jihad, Islamism

Posted by Seth Mandel Oct 8th 2010 at 11:46 am in Islam, Islamic extremism, Justice/Legal, Strategy, Terrorism, sharia | Comments(46)
As Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad (above) was being sentenced to life in prison, he told the judge defiantly: “We do not accept your democracy or your freedom because we already have shariah law and freedom.” This notion of already possessing shariah law and freedom, rather than fighting to attain those things, offers the West a [...]
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Kent Clizbe

‘Good War’ Counter-Insurgency Rx—Colonize or Go Home (Part 2)

Posted by Kent Clizbe Sep 9th 2010 at 10:01 am in Afghanistan, Iraq, Obama, Politics, Strategy | Comments(20)
Read part I of this post here. Another highly successful counter-insurgency occurred in Hungary in 1956. Hungary was occupied by the Soviet Union after WWII. After a typical communist charade of free elections, the Hungarian government became a de facto colony of the Soviet Union. The USSR controlled the government and its [...]
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Kent Clizbe

‘Good War’ Counter-Insurgency Rx—Colonize or Go Home (Part 1)

Posted by Kent Clizbe Sep 8th 2010 at 10:07 am in Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, History, Iraq, Obama, Politics, Soldiers, Strategy, Terrorism | Comments(22)
President Obama on Tuesday declared Iraq a done deal. Okay, he didn’t support the surge, back in the Bush days. He and his anti-war pals in the Senate declared the war lost years ago. His progressive world-view won’t allow him to admit that a Republican president could possibly have been right. And yet, the architect [...]
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John Donovan

Vietnam War Wrong Made Right

Posted by John Donovan Aug 8th 2010 at 5:00 am in History | Comments(21)
Albeit a bit late for General Lavelle.  A note from DoD rattling about in the email box… Lavelle Posthumously Nominated to General The Department of Defense announced today that retired Air Force Major General John D. Lavelle has been nominated posthumously by the President for advancement on the retired rolls to the rank of General. This follows an Air [...]
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Ned May

Dumbing-Down Our National Interest: An Interview With John Bernard, Part 3

Posted by Ned May Aug 8th 2010 at 4:12 am in Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Obama, Soldiers, Strategy | Comments(4)
This is the third of four installments of the interview with John Bernard. Readers who are interested may watch the entire interview on Vimeo, or in two parts on YouTube: Part 1 and Part 2. The full transcript is available here. Interview With John Bernard, Part 3 Let Them Fight or Bring Them Home! Who set these rules [...]
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Brigadier General (R) Anthony J. Tata

Wiki-leaks: Enemies of the State

Posted by Brigadier General (R) Anthony J. Tata Jul 30th 2010 at 3:50 am in Afghanistan, Espionage, Featured Story, Military Technology, Weapons | Comments(15)
What do we make of the Wiki-leaks and the Washington Post series on the growth of the “Classified Industry”? First, the big news on the wiki-leaks is that our journalistic embed program is working very well precisely because the Wiki-leaks produced no big news. Of course the ISI is helping the Taliban and certainly our top [...]
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Brigadier General (R) Anthony J. Tata

Defeating Criminal Networks in Afghanistan

Posted by Brigadier General (R) Anthony J. Tata Jul 28th 2010 at 6:29 am in Afghanistan, Featured Story, Soldiers, Strategy, Terrorism | Comments(21)
During my last year in the military I was involved in an organization whose purpose was to attack enemy roadside bomb (IED) networks, defeat the IED devices, and train the force to prepare them for the IED environment. Recently, we have seen Marines training with the Los Angeles Police Department on how to engage the population. [...]
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Jim Hanson

New Rules of Engagement: Saving American Lives in Afghanistan

Posted by Jim Hanson Jul 26th 2010 at 4:44 am in Afghanistan, Featured Story, Weapons | Comments(58)
embedded by Embedded Video It has always been somewhat counter-intuitive that a less aggressive strategy and tactics will succeed in Afghanistan. There has been considerable complaining about the tighter rules of engagement (ROE) put in place by Gen. McChrystal and mostly kept in place by Gen. Petraeus.  It goes against our warrior spirit to have all [...]
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Robert K. Wilcox

Military Insubordination or Administrative Incompetence?

Posted by Robert K. Wilcox Jul 6th 2010 at 8:04 am in Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Islamic extremism, Soldiers | Comments(11)
The important issue prompted by the current Rolling Stone article isn’t Gen. McChrystal’s defiance or rank insubordination. It’s the announced deadline for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, an insane move that guarantees defeat, as well as other war-losing moves. Would you ally yourself with foreign forces that you know are going to exit, and the day [...]
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Brigadier General (R) Anthony J. Tata

‘Restrepo’: Required Viewing for All Americans

Posted by Brigadier General (R) Anthony J. Tata Jul 6th 2010 at 6:14 am in Afghanistan, Culture/Art, Islamic extremism, Soldiers | Comments(18)
If you have not served in combat, go see Restrepo … and if you have served in combat, go see Restrepo. Every American should watch this gripping film if for no other reason than to allow our collective conscience as a nation to better understand exactly who is fighting our wars and the significant challenges [...]
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