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Chaos Envelops Versailles on the Potomac 5 comments

don wrote 2 weeks ago: The Afghan debacle is becoming a case study of how political debate in Versailles drips in a natural … more →

Tags: Strategy, Afghanistan, franklin c spinney, Poor American Strategy

Obama and the Triumph of the Will

don wrote 2 weeks ago: This is by far the most precise, well written piece written on why the war in Afghanistan is leading … more →

Tags: Strategy, Chet Richards and Straegy, franklin c spinney, Sun Tzu, U.S. strategy, War in Afghanistan, William S. Lind

On War # 321: 4GW Comes to Ft. Hood2 comments

don wrote 2 weeks ago: On War # 321: 4GW Comes to Ft. Hood William S. Lind 10 November 2009 Last week’s shootings at Ft. Ho … more →

Tags: adaptability, Learning Organizations, fort hood shootings, William S. Lind

Tell me the future of Iraq1 comment

Eric Palmer wrote 1 month ago: Huh? There are low U.S. casualties in Iraq because troops are forbidden from engaging any threat ins … more →

Tags: iraq

From D-N-I, two opinions on Afghanistan

don wrote 1 month ago: Two opinions on Afghanistan which I recommend everybody read: Reform or go home, by David Kilcullen … more →

Tags: Strategy, Afghanistan War, David Kilcullen, Fabius Maximus, Insurgency

U.S. Review Of Battle Disaster Sways Strategy On Afghanistan 3 comments

don wrote 1 month ago: Please tell me why the historian’s report on this needs to be reviewed and “revised … more →

Tags: adaptability, Learning Organizations, How to develop adaptability, Decision Making, Afghanistan War, Adaptability Development

On War #316: Last exit before Quagmire12 comments

don wrote 2 months ago: William S. Lind, 22 September 2009 The Washington Post yesterday made available an unclassified vers … more →

Tags: adaptability, Strategy, William S. Lind, The campaign in Afghanistan, General McChrystal

War without End6 comments

don wrote 5 months ago: I am also proud to say that George Wilson, the dean of defense reporting and friend, has written the … more →

Tags: Strategy, George Wilson, coin, Congress and Defense, Obama and Defense

Stop Letting Cheney Frame the Torture Debate4 comments

don wrote 6 months ago: Military Reformer William S. Lind (not to be confused with the anti-reformer Raytheon lobbyist now e … more →

Tags: boyd, Strategy, William S. Lind, Boyd's Three levels of war, Moral being the strongest level of war, dick cheney

Dateline Korea...1 comment

The Thinking Patriot wrote 6 months ago: Flashback…October 1962Americans are building fallout shelters in their backyards, as the world … more →

Tags: military, Nuclear

On War #298: Another War Lost?3 comments

don wrote 8 months ago: By William S. Lind 30 March 2009 With the usual fanfare, the Obama administration has proclaimed a n … more →

Tags: Strategy, William S. Lind, On War series

Impacts of Cheerleaders as leaders-No Return to Normal8 comments

don wrote 8 months ago: This is what is happening when leaders tell lies for so long that they cannot go back and tell the t … more →

Tags: leadership, adaptability, Learning Organizations, Strategy, Leadership crisis in America, Economic Crisis

Portait of a Broken OODA Loop in Afghanistan

don wrote 8 months ago: It is axiomatic that high quality intelligence intelligence is a necessary, if not sufficient, condi … more →

Tags: boyd, Strategy, Chuck Spinney, OODA loops

On War #294: A Barometer of Order

don wrote 9 months ago: William S. Lind March 3, 2009 On the surface, the antics of Somali pirates and the comic opera respo … more →

Tags: adaptability, Decision Making, Strategy, William S. Lind, Brave New World, Somali Pirates, On War series, Decline of the Nation State

On War #292: Two Elections

don wrote 9 months ago: By William S. Lind February 17, 2009 In many Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, the story line depends … more →

Tags: Learning Organizations, William S. Lind, America's Leadership Crisis

On War #290: Blowback Revisited1 comment

don wrote 9 months ago: By William S. Lind February 3, 2009 Some time ago, I wrote a column warning that our involvement in … more →

Tags: Strategy, William S. Lind, GI Wilson, Threat from Mexico

On War #289: His Majesty’s Birthday

don wrote 10 months ago: by William S. Lind January 27, 2009 This week marks the birthday of my liege lord and reporting seni … more →

Tags: adaptability, Strategy, William S. Lind, On War chronicles

Another War, Another Defeat 1 comment

don wrote 10 months ago: The Gaza offensive has succeeded in punishing the Palestinians but not in making Israel more secure. … more →

Tags: Learning Organizations, Strategy, William S. Lind, martin van creveld, Israeli war

US Military Warns of Sudden Collapse of Mexico 1 comment

don wrote 10 months ago: Hate to always say I told you so, but I saw this years ago. Of course because of the greed of many o … more →

Tags: leadership, Strategy, chet richards, William S. Lind, Mexico disintegrating, Leadership Crisis, Andy Bacevich and Limits of Power


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