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Why are we surprised that we supported militia in Iraq, and they used torture?
Summary: The recent story about militia in Iraq is rich in lessons for us. Not about the futile lost war. But about us and our ability to see and understand the world. Militia, the face of freedom? F… more →
Fabius Maximus
P.T.G. (Posttraumatic Growth)
wrote 2 weeks ago: There is a new term in the PTSD lexicon, “Posttraumatic Growth,” which suggests that tra … more →
The Face of War Trauma
wrote 1 month ago: Photographer Lalage Snow, We Are the Not Dead Photographer Lalage Snow has released a compelling ser … more →
Technologies of Trauma
wrote 1 month ago: The archive…the archive is inscribed with the unknowable and is implicated in the control of i … more →
Unintended consequences?
wrote 2 months ago: Charles P. Pierce: The country was lied into a war by a raft of criminals, greedheads, and geopoliti … more →
Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat
wrote 2 months ago: Camouflage Isn’t Only for Combat Sexism by Military Branch According to Herbert, expectations … more →
Why are we surprised that we supported militia in Iraq, and they used torture?
wrote 2 months ago: Summary: The recent story about militia in Iraq is rich in lessons for us. Not about the futile los … more →
Our geopolitical experts, like Max Boot, lead America into the dark
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wrote 4 months ago: Summary: A nation’s experts guide it into the darkness of the future, to success or failure. … more →
How many generals would Lincoln have fired to win in Iraq & Afghanistan?
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wrote 5 months ago: Summary: After eleven years our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have produced no gains for America, des … more →
More bad advice about Afghanistan. Why do we continue to listen?
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wrote 7 months ago: Summary: We see our broken OODA loop at work in the daily newspapers, but never so clearly as in th … more →
Michael Yon suggests that we leave Afghanistan, stat
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wrote 8 months ago: Summary: Today we have two articles by Michael Yon from his online magazine, reposted here with his … more →
Hidden history of our first step into the Afghanistan War. It's still important for us to understand.
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wrote 9 months ago: Summary: Here we examine one of our key steps into the Afghanistan War, in 1979. It’s bitter … more →
Mission Failure: Afghanistan
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wrote 9 months ago: Summary: The very first articles articles at DNI, in 2003, expressed skepticism about the Afghanista … more →
More evidence that the military is slowly cutting itself off from civilian control
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wrote 10 months ago: Summary: Michael Cohen draws our attention to this chilling quote from Chandrasekaran’s new bo … more →
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
wrote 1 year ago: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Louise Annarino May 2, 2012 Is it just me, or do you also find yourself s … more →
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
wrote 1 year ago: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Louise Annarino May 2, 2012 Is it just me, or do you also find yourself s … more →
Memory Failure at the Pentagon, one that has cost us dearly (and will cost more before the end)
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wrote 1 year ago: Summary: We are like children, believing that closing our eyes tightly disappears the expense, casu … more →
Pentagon establishes Defense Clandestine Service, new espionage unit
wrote 1 year ago: By Greg Miller | April 23, 2012 | Washington Post The Pentagon is planning to ramp up its spying ope … more →
Vietnam Has Left Town. Say Hello to our New Syndrome
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wrote 1 year ago: Summary: No nation, no matter how powerful, can long prosper (perhaps not even survive) with a brok … more →
Peter Van Buren explains "What We Lost in Iraq and Washington in 2009-2012"
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wrote 1 year ago: Summary: Today we have an account of one man’s experience doing the right thing in the New Am … more →
