Journal: Marcus Aurelius Flags Force Protection Blinders

Protection Rackets By Christopher Dickey | Newsweek Web Exclusive Jul 31, 2009 In Afghanistan, Americans should deploy Pvt. Social Worker and Maj. Sociologist. PBI:  The conclusion first: “You have to learn to discriminate if you’re going to win,” said Villalobos. “And in Afghanistan, that’s the problem. You don’t know how to do that. You don’t speak …

SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 21 July 2009

Hot Topics AR:  Britains warnings for travelers who want to visit Argentina: 07/16/09 BR:  RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Controversy Surrounds Army Search for Guerrilla Remains 07/17/09 CL:  Mapuche: No Effective Autonomy Without Political Will 07/17/09 CO:  Colombia: rebels funded Ecuador leaders election 07/17/09 CO:  Latin America: Washington, Bogota on Verge of Deal to Make …07/17/09 CO:  New Anti-Ecuador …

AFRICOM Week in Review Ending 20 July 2009

Hot Topics BW: Nationality for sale 07/18/09 CG: Congo-Kinshasa: An Action Plan to End the Worlds Deadliest War 07/16/09 ER: The Existential Threat to the Nation 07/19/09 KE: War is Boring: Kenya Allegedly Funneling Arms to Volatile South Sudan 07/15/09 LR: Charles Taylor: Preacher, Warlord, President 07/17/09 NG: Jihadis Identify US Plots against China in …