Tom Ricks, who I do respect, and love his books, wrote a very biased list of reformers in regard to the COIN movement inside the Army today (he works with a lot of them as well). A lot of these people, if not most, are beltway insiders (I don’t know everyone of them, but do [...]
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The COIN list (of leaders) by Tom Ricks versus my list of real reformers…
Posted in Boyd, Leadership, tagged COIN, Reformers, Tom Ricks on November 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Hostility between British and American military leaders revealed
Posted in How to develop adaptability, Uncategorized, tagged Arrogance of Officer Corps, British Army, Manning the Legions of the United States and Finding Tomorrow's Centurians, Path to Victory Americas Army and the Revolution in Hum, War in Iraq and Afghanistan on November 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The deep hostility of Britain’s senior military commanders in Iraq towards their American allies has been revealed in classified Government documents leaked to the Daily Telegraph. By Andrew Gilligan Telegraph Published: 10:00PM GMT 22 Nov 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6631239/Hostility-between-British-and-American-military-leaders-revealed.html In the papers, the British chief of staff in Iraq, Colonel J.K.Tanner, described his US military counterparts as [...]
Chaos Envelops Versailles on the Potomac
Posted in Strategy, tagged 4th Generation Warfare, Afghanistan, Franklin C Spinney, Poor American Strategy on November 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Afghan debacle is becoming a case study of how political debate in Versailles drips in a naturally self-organizing way to protect the dysfunctional status quo. As I indicated yesterday and in September, the fundamental flaw that set the stage for the current policy making fiasco was the unexamined analytical hole in General McChrystal’s escalation [...]
Obama and the Triumph of the Will
Posted in Strategy, Uncategorized, tagged 4th Generation Warfare, Chet Richards and Straegy, Franklin C Spinney, Sun Tzu, U.S. Strategy, War in Afghanistan, William S. Lind on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is by far the most precise, well written piece written on why the war in Afghanistan is leading to failure and why those who support it are self promoting themselves in keeping it going. I am proud Chuck Spinney is a mentor and friend. Don [ Note: I added some hot links to the [...]
On War # 321: 4GW Comes to Ft. Hood
Posted in Adaptability, Learning Organizations, tagged 4th Generation Warfare, Fort Hood shootings, William S. Lind on November 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On War # 321: 4GW Comes to Ft. Hood William S. Lind 10 November 2009 Last week’s shootings at Ft. Hood, in which thirteen U. S. Soldiers were killed and 30 people wounded, appear to be a classic example of Fourth Generation war. The shooter, U. S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was a practicing [...]
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