Los Angeles Times March 18, 2012 Physically they may be thousands of miles from Iraq or Afghanistan. Psychologically, they're on the ground with troops. The disconnect, and the sense of helplessness, take a toll. By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Washington--Drone crews protect U.S. ground troops by watching over them 24 hours a …
China’s Military-Industrial Complex Grows
Stars and Stripes March 18, 2012 Pg. 20 From Norwegian Coast Guard to Israeli drone technicians, buildup produces 8 surprising winners. By Trefor Moss, Foreign Policy Even by the hot-money standards of China's economy, defense is an exceptionally lucrative growth industry. The country's 11.2 percent defense budget increase announced March 4, which gives the People's …
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Is A Solid Understanding of History Even Important?
Obama Flubs U.S. History -- Again By Carl M. Cannon (Bloggers note: Â not a political statement, but interesting from a novice historian's point of view, I am sure there are several GOP instances as well...my plea...please study your history) He wasn't born in Kenya, and he attended some of this country's finest schools, but as …
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The Warlord Vs. The Hipsters By Alex Perry
Time March 26, 2012 How a group of American filmmakers and 100 special-operations troops are pursuing Africa's most-wanted war criminal The town of Obo lies on a bend of a remote river in a nameless forest in a country whose name -- Central African Republic -- is generic. A few miles from Africa's pole of …
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Losing Faith By Robert Haddick
SmallWarsJournal.com March 16, 2012 This Week at War My Foreign Policy column discusses the strategic implications of this week's massacre in Panjwai, Afghanistan. Policymakers in Washington may be as tense as the U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan as they await the reaction to a nighttime shooting rampage on March 11 in Panjwai, near Kandahar, that left …
Syria Crisis Causes Iran-Led ‘Axis Of Resistance’ To Fray
Christian Science Monitor (csmonitor.com) March 16, 2012 The Syria crisis is complicated by the regional cold war that has simmered for years between resistance powers like Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah, and Western allies in the region such as Saudi Arabia. By Scott Peterson, Staff writer ISTANBUL, Turkey--On the ground, Syria’s day-to-day revolt may look like …
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Deterrence Works By Fareed Zakaria
Washington Post March 15, 2012 Pg. 17 When I was in college, in the early 1980s, I invited Ronald Reagan's defense secretary, Caspar Weinberger, to give a speech on campus. At the time, U.S. colleges were hotbeds of opposition to the Reagan administration, especially to its defense policies. Sure enough, as Weinberger began to speak, …
Armed U.S. Intervention In Syria Risks Worsening A Bad Situation
USA Today March 15, 2012 Pg. 11 Our View Act methodically, not impulsively The parade of horrors from Syria grows longer and bloodier every day. At least 7,500 civilians are now dead at the hands of President Bashir Assad — and that's probably a low estimate. It will climb. Reports of torture abound, including images …
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Consumed By Wars Without End By Robert H. Scales
Washington Post March 14, 2012 Pg. 15 I guess I knew it would eventually come down to this: Blame the Army’s institutions in some way for the horrific and senseless slaughter of 16 innocent Afghan civilians in Kandahar, allegedly by a U.S. infantry non-commissioned officer (NCO). In their search for a villain, the media seems to …
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What America Should Have Learned From Imperial Britain’s Afghan Defeat
A new history of the disastrous, 19th century British invasion of Afghanistan reveals more about the current war than we might like to think. By SETH G. JONES: author of In the Graveyard of Empires: America’s War in Afghanistan, is a senior political scientist at RAND. From 2009 to 2011, he served in various positions …
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