The Pentagon creates a Quadrennial Defense Review–to look forward and provide the basis for planning; it’s just out. The focus is on defeating the bad guys in Afghanistan and Pakistan and that region of the world. It also mentions Iran...
The word is out that last week in Afghanistan an Army battalion commander and his command sergeant major were releived for “poor judgment that created a command climate inconsistent with the army values.” I really hope that this is a...
On 12 Jan in Afghanistan there was a protest against the government during which things got violent and the local school was burned down in the village of Garmsir. US Marines were present but did not interfere at all, as no lives were threatened...
In Afhganistan’s Aghdis Province a Spanish government team provided aid to 20 families of terrorists who had decided to lay down their weapons and cooperate with the Afgan government. Provided to the families were supplies such as sheep, rice...
We all know that the media tells us that President Obama’s charm has the world respecting us again. We all know, too, that he’s been pressing all these countries that like us so much now to provide some military help in Iraq and Afghanistan. Well...
On 14 Dec the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mullen said that the insurgents “have a dominant influence in 11 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.”br /Further, they are becoming more effective at using IEDs and small-unit tactics. Mullen said that...
While General McChrystal, the US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, sought 40,000 additional troops, Obama eventually settled on 30,000 after an intensive 3-month study of the mission and how best to achieve goals. According to the White House, most...
Before anyone starts deciding just what it will take for us to win in Afghanistan and come home, remember the war in Iraq isn’t over yet. Yes, the Iraqi military and government are doing much better and have taken on much of their own self...
Between 20 Aug and 17 Oct more than 30 key insurgents, mostly Taliban and Haqqani network senior leaders, known for leading the planning and executing of deadly attacks directed towards Afghan citizens, government officials, and the military, as...
Recent releases from the White House indicate that the president will use my alma mater, West Point, as the background for his announcement that he will, indeed, reinforce our troops in Afghanistan. He’ll do it with fewer troops than the...