The War We’re Winning
In Afghanistan, signs of progress are everywhere, but there’s a long road ahead
Even the New York Times, no friend to the Bush administration, has noticed “the Afghan difference.” After the recent …
Read more ›Archive for November, 2005
Success in Afghanistan means fighting several wars at once
Why are we winning in Afghanistan? In the simplest terms, we’ve gotten the strategy reasonably right.
How did this happen? Let me tell you the story as I saw it as the …
Read more ›To the U.S. intelligence community,
for ignoring the Senate and leaving the CIA with the sole responsibility for directing spies. Given the agency’s miserable track record with human intelligence — the failure to locate Osama bin Laden …
Read more ›Disaster response
Weak reception for Bush’s proposal to broaden military’s role in domestic emergencies
After four days of submerged neighborhoods, floating bodies, armed looters, toxic flood waters and fetid emergency shelters, the big green …
Read more ›Capitol Hill report Card
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To Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for insisting on an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Act to ban cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of detainees held by the U.S. military. The amendment …
Read more ›Afghans have voted for change, but it will come only if the U.S. stays the course
Afghanistan is emerging from medieval chaos. The country is on the front end of creating an organized, law-based civil state. During a visit to Afghanistan in August, I saw dramatic, positive changes …
Read more ›The Taiwan problem
Beijing arms for a fight it hopes to avoid
China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), is in the midst of a remarkable modernization of its naval, air and ballistic missile forces. …
Read more ›China’s grand strategy is to make war while avoiding a battle
China’s impact on world affairs is growing and poised to grow further in coming decades. Whether the People’s Republic continues to prosper and maintain a strong measure of domestic stability and control, …
Read more ›Surface ship, submarine missions are coalescing
The Navy is at a crossroads of great consequence. It faces decisions that will shape ship-based war-fighting requirements for the next century. In an era of reduced blue-water threats, the Navy …
Read more ›Innovative teams are building goodwill at the grass-roots level
The front-line fighters in the battle for hearts and minds in Afghanistan are in the American and coalition Provincial Reconstruction Teams, or PRTs. In the classic counterinsurgency mold, these are relatively small …
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