Journal: US Intervention Outcomes for Women Et Al

One of the main arguments made by self-proclaimed “liberal humanitarian interventionists” in support of President Obama’s escalation of the Afghan War is that a return of the Taliban to power will condemn women to conditions approaching slavery.  It is true that women’s rights in Afghanistan are almost medieval in character, but the central question of …

Review (Guest): Integrity–Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House

REVIEW BY  Russell J. Geoffrey (East Greenwich, RI) 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars INTEGRITY: easy to lose, hard to restore February 4, 2008 He was a Navy officer serving on the USS Yorktown by the age of 22, in law school at 26, a staff assistant …

Review: A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq (Yale Library of Military History) (Hardcover)

Brilliant but Narrow, Simplifies A Bridge Too Far December 19, 2009 Mark Moyar EDIT of 21 Feb 2010:  A colleague in COINSOC has pointed out that I missed one key aspect of this book and I hasten to add it: “Moyar’s point that we are applying peacetime personnel policies by putting people in place based …

Journal: Iranians Making Sense on Climate Matters?

Ahmadinejad makes more sense on climate change than US leaders Ahmadinejad: All countries should be able to use nuclear power Iran’s President Says Materialism, Capitalism Cause of Climate Change Islamic Republic of Iran News Network Television (IRINN) as translated by Open Source Center (OSC) Friday, December 18, 2009 (Ahmadinezhad in progress) … … Every year …