Reference: Study of Islamic Theology
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Journal: Afghanistan & America’s Loss of Integrity II
Blood for nothing GIs die while Taliban thrives Ralph Peters October 28, 2009 AFGHANISTAN isn’t com pletely hopeless, just use less. It’s a strategic joke with a bloody punch line. Even if everything went perfectly in Afghanistan — which it won’t — the results would be virtually meaningless: Our mortal enemies (above all, al Qaeda) …
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Review: The War After Armagedoon
Not Really a Novel, More Like a Wake-Up Call October 10, 2009 Ralph Peters Although I read mostly non-fiction, one of Ralph Peter’s novels (his first in ten years, the last one I really liked was Traitor), is better than reality, for it portrays what we can expect when our delusional political, economic, and military …
Journal: The Demise of Strategy in the US Government
Quite fortuitously, the Strategic Studies Institute has placed in the public domain a superb monograph by Justic Kelly and Mike Brennan on ALIEN: How Operational Art Devoured Strategy (september 2009). It is a very good read, along with our summary of the failed 2008 Whole of Government conference that SSI sponsored, which followed the failed …
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True Cost: How Do We Calculate It?
With Obama as President, Media Not Interested in Casket Coverage So far this month, 38 American troops have been killed in Afghanistan. For all of 2009, the number is 220 — more than any other single year and more than died in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 combined. With casualties mounting, the debate over U.S. …
Journal: Afghanistan–Connecting the Dots
2001: What to do about Afghanistan? Prospects for Stability 2008: Memo Leak Says Mission In Afghanistan Doomed Meet the Afghan Army: Is it a figment of Washington’s imagination? by Ann Jones Afghan agony: More troops won’t help by Ralph Peters in the NY Post Time to Get Out of Afghanistan By George F. Will Tuesday, …
Journal: MILNET Flags Afghanistan Contractors Outnumber Troops
Despite Surge in U.S. Deployments, More Civilians Are Posted in War Zone; Reliance Echoes the Controversy in Iraq Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2009, Pg. 6, By August Cole Even as U.S. troops surge to new highs in Afghanistan they are outnumbered by military contractors working alongside them, according to a Defense Departm! ent census …
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