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Between fitna, fawda, and the deep blue sea
IT IS not easy to be an Arab these days. If you are old, the place where you live is likely to have changed so much that little seems friendly and familiar. If you are young, ...
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Worst. General. Ever.
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Tommy Franks, who led the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, was paid $100,000 to endorse a veterans charity that watchdog groups say is ripping off don...
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Kahl vs. Yglesias
This is exactly the kind of debate Abu Muqawama's readers will appreciate. Colin Kahl vs. leftist blogger Matthew Yglesias on air power and air strikes in COIN operations... P...
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More on COIN and the Europeans, plus Nir Rosen in the Boston Review
Abu Muqawama has just driven to Washington, DC from Carlisle, Pennsylvania through a snowstorm. It was a decidedly white-knuckle experience. The closer you get to DC, the craz...
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Gates on NATO Allies
"I'm worried we have some military forces that don't know how to do counterinsurgency operations." -- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking on NATO allies in Afghanistan...
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Continuing Nagl coverage...
(Sorry, update VI just seemed absurd.) Indulge Charlie in one more Nagl story for the day; she's pretty sure you won't regret it. Spend some time with his review of Brian Tur...
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LTC John Nagl to retire
Readers of this blog will surely be interested in Tom Ricks' article this morning on LTC Nagl's pending retirement. One of the Army's most prominent younger officers, whose wr...
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Ugh...
...events such as this are giving Abu Muqawama reservations about moving back to Beirut this summer. BEIRUT, Lebanon — A bomb evidently meant to destroy an American Embassy ca...
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The Tyranny of Contractors, part the millionth
There's lots of good commentary on the role of contractors on the battlefield, but Charlie wants to address an issue a bit closer to home. Or, more precisely, her office. Her...
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File Under: Revolution Eats its Children (Pakistan Edition)
Long article this morning from veteran NYT Pakistan and Afghanistan reporters Carlotta Gall and David Rhode. In addition to a detailed background of the ISI's involvement wit...
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Iraqi Reconciliation? Not quite.
Intrepid reporter Spencer asks the tough questions about the new Iraqi reconciliation law:This de-Baathification law sounds worse than not having a law in the first place. The...
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Austin #2, Odierno Heading Home
Abu Muqawama will be traveling on business these next few days. Some of you might even be "lucky" enough to hear his alter ego speak at a few events. Until Thursday, though, C...
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National Museum of the Marine Corps
Charlie took her long-legged sister to the National Museum of the Marine Corps this weekend. It is fantastic. An excellent blend of hardware displays, interactive features, ...
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The Rambo Syndrome
The New York Times today has the first article in an investigation into violent incidents perpetrated by returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Town by town across the ...
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Profile of Gen Conway, CMC
Just in case any of you think Charlie has unfairly characterized the Commandant of the Marine Corps, check out this excellent profile of him from the Wall Street Journal: But...
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PKVR and the 2002 War Game
What a sick, twisted world it is in which Abu Muqawama lives when a war game can be considered "legendary." But that's what the 2002 war game -- in which Lt.Gen. Paul K. Van R...
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Saturday COIN Links
Abu Muqawama, at this very minute, is editing a paper, listening to Conrad Crane on C-SPAN, and also providing a link to the Conrad Crane interview here. (Conrad Crane, an his...
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Bob Bateman vs. E-mail Scammers
Abu Muqawama is posting this because The Bateman, when he gets bored or pissed off at Victor Davis Hanson, can be really, really funny...Since Charlie and Abu Muqawama continu...
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And now, a rare moment of sympathy for the Air Force
Abu Muqawama may be heartless and whine that the Air Force eats up too much budget -- fighting, as we are, two low-tech wars -- but when F-15s start falling out of the sky, th...
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Violent Deaths in Iraq: The Numbers Debate Continues
If you're reading U.S. newspapers, it's tough to find the Iraq and Afghanistan stories for all the articles on the election. There's a lot of silly stuff being said, with this...