RSS- “BYD is launching its next-gen Blade EV battery soon with more range and even lower cost”
- Iran launches air attacks on Israel
- ISW on the developing Ukrainian defense industrial base and Russias strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure
- Britain? Kaput! By Walrus.
- Declaration “Dignitas Infinita” on Human Dignity
- The situation and some possible courses of action … A Pat Lang post reposted from 26 February 2022
- HARPER: COL. W. PATRICK LANG R.I.P.
- A Note On Our Folly By Walrus
- Israel attacks Iranian embassy in Damascus
- He is risen…
Monthly Archives: August 2007
“How We Would Fight China” Robert Kaplan
"To do their job well, military officers must approach power in the most cautious, mechanical, and utilitarian way possible, assessing and reassessing regional balances of power while leaving the values side of the political equation to the civilian leadership. This … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art
33 Comments
Barak will “fix” the IDF
"A focus on counterterrorism and guerrilla warfare in recent decades has weakened Israeli ground forces by creating a mind-set averse to accepting casualties, according to an initial assessment by Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Mr. Barak, a former army chief of … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art
58 Comments
Check Special Forces story on TA
Colonel Aaron Bank was the founder of US Army Special Forces. pl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Bank
Posted in The Military Art, Ukraine Crisis
1 Comment
Maliki’s Last Chance (almost)
"U.S. officials have called the meeting a make-or-break moment for the government, which was formed in 2006 to reduce violence by including all groups but has been paralysed by boycotts and infighting on ethnic and sectarian lines. The worst split … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
10 Comments
“The assymetry in power?”
Continuing the discussion of the sterility of US policy approaches to the difficulties with Iran, we have received the following from BM. In the article linked below, we have evidence of the recognition in Washington diplomatic circles of the need … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
59 Comments
What “Carrots” Have Been Offered to Iran?
When I first read this article I was tempted to think that Robin Wright had gone over to "the dark side" as Vice President Cheney calls it. A closer inspection reveals that she is actually compiling a list of the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
39 Comments
Taters on Cordesman et al
I received this from Taters and thought it worth putting up as a post by itself. It calls our attention to Cordesman’s vision of Iraq in the time of the Pollack/O’Hanlon visit. PL —————————————————————————- "Anthony Cordesman was with Pollack and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
20 Comments
We do not see clearly.
Here we have a pair of linked articles. They are linked by the same unwillingness of the United States to understand the local situation in the Middle East, the state interests of Iran (as opposed to its religious ideology) and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Politics, The Military Art
29 Comments
O’Hanlon, Pollack and Bernard Fall
Bernard Fall was perhaps the greatest historian of the era of counterinsurgency. He was French, a veteran of World War Two and acted as a consultant/professor for the US Army in the sixties. I had the privilege of listening to … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, The Military Art
61 Comments
Withdrawal Options
For administrative reasons I deleted the previous published post on this subject and here substitute my draft. Binh – You asked if I thought the loss to the insurgents of territory occupied and the lengths of the line of supply … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, The Military Art
22 Comments