RSS- “Russia hauls 1950s-era tanks out of storage to join battlefield” – TTG
- “Terran 1 | Good Luck, Have Fun” – TTG
- ISW take on the Xi – Putin meeting – TTG
- Russian defensive lines: screwing the pooch once again – TTG
- “ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over Ukraine war crimes” – TTG
- How the JDAM-ER will be employed – TTG
- HARPER: DRINKING THE KOOL-AID
- Pope Francis: ten years on – TTG
- “Turkey Supplied Ukraine with DPICM Cluster Shells” – TTG
- Saudi-Iranian Rapprochement Orchestrated by China – TTG
Monthly Archives: July 2007
A short life for COIN?
This is an opinion piece. pl In the last few weeks a new theme has emerged among the spokesmen and friends of the present policy in Iraq. That theme maintains that the improvement in the situation on the ground in … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, The Military Art
33 Comments
Assad’s offer to Israel
""We do not want secret talks. We ask Israel’s leaders to state in a clear and official manner their desire for peace," Assad said in a speech to Parliament. "There must be guarantees to return the whole land. We cannot … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
24 Comments
Shia Takeover of West Baghdad
"..the Mahdi Army controls gas stations, charging preferred Shiite customers a fixed price, regardless of the amount bought, while turning away Sunnis. One of the Iraqi army’s projects in the area is to monitor gas stations to prevent such discrimination … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
25 Comments
Dr. Krauthammer on Iraq tactics.
Unless I am mistaken (possible) I heard Charles Krauthammer make some interesting statements today on FNS about the counterinsurgency situation in Iraq. It has been generally accepted (I think) that sectarian communal and ethnic hostilities are the underlying problem in … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
40 Comments
“The Road Home” NY Times
"And it created a new front where the United States will have to continue to battle terrorist forces and enlist local allies who reject the idea of an Iraq hijacked by international terrorists. The military will need resources and bases … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, The Military Art
52 Comments
Build up in Lebanon
"There’s not much doubt about who is behind the military buildup, not to mention the growing violence in Lebanon itself. According to the secretary general’s report, "it is widely believed in Lebanon, including by the government, that the strengthening of … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
56 Comments
Have we lost the Republic? – Jon
"The commutation is a subversion of justice at least the equal of Nixon’s Saturday Night Massacre, and done for the same reasons. Bush does not want further investigation, most importantly, any investigation that might come close to himself. It has … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
23 Comments
“The Libby Affair” Washington Times
"President Bush’s commutation of the 30-month prison sentence for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, is neither wise nor just. It is clearly within the president’s executive powers, but that is beside the point. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Politics
20 Comments
Commutation Now, Pardon Later
""I hope it puts pressure on the president. He’s a man of pronounced loyalties and he should have loyalty to Scooter Libby," said former Ambassador Richard Carlson, a member of Libby’s defense fund. "It would be a travesty for him … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Politics
42 Comments
HUMINT Reform – Norbert Schulz
"I have thought of that in terms of what might be sensible to have for the German Army today. I recall that our counter-espionage wing asked to be given authority to operate spies in Afghanistan but that was turned down … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, The Military Art
10 Comments