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U.S. Military Assistance to Lebanon
I had dinner last night with several Levant specialists, including Aram Nerguizian of the CSIS. Tony Cordesman speaks highly of Aram, and their paper on the Lebanese Armed Forces is probably the best thing you can read on the subject. Aram has a book coming out this summer on the Lebanese Armed Forces, and yes, he has already agreed to do a "Six Questions" interview for the blog when the book is published.
In the meantime, I want to link to a fascinating discussion between Aram and David Schenker at the Middle East Institute. I can't think of two people I would rather listen to on the subject of U.S. military assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces. I "tweeted" this event the week it was held but was not able to be there myself. So many thanks to Aram for alerting me that their discussion is on the internets. I'll link to the first part of the discussion below, but anyone who is screaming for the U.S. to provide Lebanon with fixed-wing attack aircraft and other prestige weaponry should listen to Part 3.
It's too bad they lost the
It's too bad they lost the audio for Parts 8 and 9, because this is a really, really good discussion.
I can't think of two people I would rather listen to on the subject of U.S. military assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces.
This panel is unique among conversations about security assistance in Washington in the sense that both speakers are 1) experts in the country they're talking about, and 2) knowledgeable of security assistance processes and bureaucracy. I can't even begin to tell you how rare this is even inside the U.S. SA apparatus, and there are very, very few people outside the government who know much of anything about how SA works.
but anyone who is screaming for the U.S. to provide Lebanon with fixed-wing attack aircraft and other prestige weaponry should listen to Part 3.
Lebanon is a really interesting sort of microcosmic exemplar for the limitations of security assistance. An effective SA program needs to be integrated into a broader country and regional strategy, and needs to be executed with an understanding of the absolutely essential role of sustainment, common concepts and doctrine, security sector reform, and so on. And then, of course, you're faced with those countries that are interested in buying what you've called prestige systems that have no strategic utility, whether on account of unaffordability, lack of sustainment or proper training, inability to integrate with a combined-arms doctrine, etc etc. This is even more difficult when you're talking about selling to a strategically important country that's using it's own money (unlike Lebanon, in most cases), like 2010 Iraq.
There's a WHOLE LOT to say about this subject, but this is a very, very interesting launching point. Thanks for the link.
I would agree that Aram was
I would agree that Aram was quite good (measured and knowledgeable), but what of substance does/did Schenker add to this debate? I mean I like M14 talking points as much as the next guy, but I can get them from the source just as easily.
I hope Aram's book includes a section on the "Syrian period," something he glosses over with a few political comments in his paper.
Always missing from these discussions is the relationship between Lebanon's political culture and the LAF. Usually, the crude protrayal is as follows: those who want more expensive weapons platforms don't know what a joke the LAF is (eg planning, training, material, etc).
We are talking about a country with 30+ cabinet members, and people are taking shots at the LAF for having a bloated general officer corps? We are talking about a government whose financial policies amount to begging for injections from Gulfie largesse, and we are surprised Murr wants something he can tie a bow around?
Anyway, looking forward to Aram's book.
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