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Debating Afghanistan Strategy and Politics
I sat in my office this morning, working, and listened to this debate between Josh Foust and Michael Cohen in the background. This is a good smart discussion between two intel...
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Nasty, Brutish, Short…and Wet?
Flying jet-skis, melted icecaps, a mutant sailor, and a cartographic tattoo can mean only one thing: it’s time to review Waterworld, the Oscar-nominated cinematic marvel out o...
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Lt. Aldo Raine Would Sure As Hell Not Have Released al-Megrahi
Uh oh. The Scots-Irish and the Scots are falling out over terrorism. I don't even need to ask my relatives where they stand on this issue. The Megrahi affair has highlighted t...
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What Every American Sould Know About Afghanistan in 1,000 Words*
Someone in Holbrooke's team has been speaking to the chief diplomatic correspondent of the New York Times, and the result is a news article that pretty much hits on most of th...
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Announcing the "Is Counterinsurgency Stifling the Debate?" Debate
I am at my wit's end. I re-read this post from yesterday and have no idea how it used "Cheneyesque tactics to delegitimize dissent." Yet that's what one reader accuses me of d...
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Iraq: The New Afghanistan
It's both the new "good war" and the new "forgotten war" [h/t A.S.]: ...
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The War in Afghanistan ... and Haggling
Robert Kagan dismisses this "war of necessity"/"war of choice" nonsense and then nails it: But there is a deeper reason, as well, for Obama to claim necessity in Afghanistan. ...
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Ramadan Kareem, Y'all
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Afghanistan: A war of choice? And what is the alternative?
Richard Haass writes: Wars of necessity must meet two tests. They involve, first, vital national interests and, second, a lack of viable alternatives to the use of military fo...
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News Roundup: New Energy in the Armed Services
In recent weeks a number of developments have been taking place within the armed services – in particular the Marine Corps and the Navy – to increase energy efficiency and dev...
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In Mexico, a Bad Moon Rising
For the past several months the American media has grown increasingly fascinated with Mexico, with widespread coverage of the swine flu outbreak in April and May as a top news...
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A Good Question
Spencer asks a good question. The elections are a huge security operation. But what happens after they end? What if there is widespread unrest following an election perceived ...
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The Wrong Man?
Damn. This blog has expressed its reservations about the choice of Chris Hill as ambassador in Iraq, but my CNASty colleague Bob Kaplan really goes after him here. He doesn't ...
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Congolese Minerals: Implications for U.S. National Security
Last week, Secretary of State Clinton’s remarks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shed fresh light on the exploitation of the country’s vast mineral resources whic...
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The Taliban's Strategy and the Elections
I wonder what the Taliban's strategy for these elections is. I am guessing it is one of highly calculated violence. Because I am pretty sure they do not want Abdullah Abdullah...
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Afghanistan Articles of Note
In addition to yesterday's excellent op-ed, the New York Times has some views of Afghans on the upcoming elections. Oh, and a helpful (?) guide to reading the Afghan candidate...
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Playing Politics with Water in a Parched Iraq
Turkey has long reaped the benefits as an energy-transit country, connecting Caspian and Central Asian producers of oil and natural gas with European consumers, raising its ge...
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He'll have to stand up to his own party better than he has on health care, though...
I like it: ''If Congress sends me a defense bill loaded with a bunch of pork, I will veto it,'' he declared in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He accused members of ...
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Boker tov, y'all
Yes, Gov. Rick Perry. The situation Israel faces with Gaza is almost exactly like the one between your state and Mexico. Indeed. Just two things different, really: to mirror t...
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The Afghanistan Strategy Dialogue: My Thoughts
When I started the rather grandly titled Afghanistan Strategy Dialogue a week ago, I decided that after listening to and reading the thoughts and opinions of the readership, I...