Mark Moyar: Lessons of Iraq
Mark Moyar is the Kim T. Anderson Chair of Insurgency and Terrorism at the Marine Corps University. He is the author of the revisionist history Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965, now available in paperback.
The occasion of this post is Professor Moyar’s new book, noted below. But before getting to that, [...]
The Obama administration — no class, bad character
In his speech last night to the Center for Security Policy, former vice president Cheney blew the whistle on some egregious dishonesty by the Obama administration:
Recently, President Obama’s advisors have decided that it’s easier to blame the Bush Administration than support our troops. This weekend they leveled a charge that cannot go unanswered. The [...]
Gen. Jones Scoffs at Afghanistan "Surge" - Just Like Failed Iraq "Surge!"
I had forgotten this, but President Barack H. Obama’s National Security Advisor, former Marine Corps Gen. Jim Jones, in Fall, 2007, called for an early abandonment of Gen. David Petraeus’ counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy in Iraq — just before it began to show significant progress that led, less than a year later, to a widely acknowledged [...]
The Blackhawk Down Option
During the online-only portion of yesterday’s Fox News Sunday panel discussion, the boss makes the point that the Obama administration, if it continues to fight the war in Afghanistan but fails to adequately resource the commanders there, may be setting the country up for another Blackhawk Down-style disaster. As he says, one can make the [...]
Military, intel sources: Obama WH falsely downplaying risks of retreat in Afghanistan
No surprise here, the Obama White House is lying to push its agenda - in this case, one of retreat and defeat.
Ed Morrissey writes:
Sources within both the intelligence and military communities tell McClatchy that Barack Obama’s White House has not been honest about the risks of moving away from a robust strategy of counterinsurgency in [...]
Palin: We Must Win in Afghanistan
Sarah Palin issued a statement on Afghanistan:
For two years as a candidate, Senator Obama called for more resources for the war in Afghanistan and warned about the consequences of failure. As President, he announced a comprehensive new counterinsurgency strategy and handpicked the right general to execute it. Now General McChrystal is asking for additional troops [...]
