October 2007 Issue
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America’s general officer corps is descending into a state of military “yes men” (YM). The reasons are simple — the political leadership wants it that way.
America’s general officer corps is descending into a state of military “yes men” (YM). The reasons are simple — the political leadership wants it that way.
Small wars, big ideas
As summer ended and Washington prepared for Gen. David Petraeus’ Iraq progress report, two pieces of conventional wisdom settled over the capital. First, the surge of troops and...
By Christopher Griffin
As summer ended and Washington prepared for Gen. David Petraeus’ Iraq progress report, two pieces of conventional wisdom settled over the capital. First, the surge of troops and...
By Christopher Griffin
Assessing the surge
U.S. commanders with whom I spoke in Anbar province in August were worried — worried that their Marines would get bored in the absence of combat action. Enlisted Marines on return...
BY RALPH PETERS
U.S. commanders with whom I spoke in Anbar province in August were worried — worried that their Marines would get bored in the absence of combat action. Enlisted Marines on return...
BY RALPH PETERS
The Army after Bush
George W. Bush’s 2000 election campaign promise to the military was “help is on the way.” But a prickly White House-Pentagon relationship and a war in which the civilian...
George W. Bush’s 2000 election campaign promise to the military was “help is on the way.” But a prickly White House-Pentagon relationship and a war in which the civilian...
Washington’s war
The human and material cost of America’s occupation of Iraq is reaching a climax. The ongoing “surge” of ground combat troops into Baghdad and its surroundings is producing...
BY COL. DOUGLAS MACGREGOR (RET.).
The human and material cost of America’s occupation of Iraq is reaching a climax. The ongoing “surge” of ground combat troops into Baghdad and its surroundings is producing...
BY COL. DOUGLAS MACGREGOR (RET.).
Flashpoint: Hamas haven
From Lebanon’s refugee camps to Iraq’s desert sands to Pakistan’s mountainous tribal areas, Islamic extremism is on the march across the Muslim world, while mod¬erate,...
From Lebanon’s refugee camps to Iraq’s desert sands to Pakistan’s mountainous tribal areas, Islamic extremism is on the march across the Muslim world, while mod¬erate,...
Instructor call-up
I would like to add to Ralph Peters’ proposal [“The Geezer Brigade,” July] by sug¬gesting an additional route for voluntary call up, namely drawing on the...
I would like to add to Ralph Peters’ proposal [“The Geezer Brigade,” July] by sug¬gesting an additional route for voluntary call up, namely drawing on the...
Common-sense approach
The following thoughts and insights, while probably not original or creative in a sense, are solid enough to start a process of damage control and rebuilding once we get beyond our present...
The following thoughts and insights, while probably not original or creative in a sense, are solid enough to start a process of damage control and rebuilding once we get beyond our present...
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