Election 2010: Media Marching Orders on Afghanistan
How to protect the media's election narrative on, or in spite of, the war in Afghanistan.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Tag Civilian Casualties
Rethink Afghanistan: Clinging to guns and counterinsurgency
The problem in Afghanistan is not picking the right or wrong counterinsurgency strategy, but picking any military strategy at all.
General McChrystal has no idea what’s going on in Afghanistan
McChrystal and Eikenberry's plan for measuring progress is absolutely required if we care at all about the truth in Afghanistan. However, the variable in this plan is not necessarily the ability to produce these assessments, but access to the reliable, accurate information sources which provide the backbone of these assessments.
How many soldiers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Answer: Zero. The military shouldn't even be involved in Afghanistan. If we want to achieve our objectives in Afghanistan, we need sustainable, civilian-only solutions.
Size doesn’t matter: Missing the point of ISAF’s failure in Marja
The problem is not the population of Marja, or it's strategic significance. As long as we continue using military force and propping up a corrupt, illegitimate government, we will continue to fail.