October 2007 Issue
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America’s general officer corps is descending into a state of military “yes men” (YM). The reasons are simple — the political leadership wants it that way.
America’s general officer corps is descending into a state of military “yes men” (YM). The reasons are simple — the political leadership wants it that way.
Assessing the surge
U.S. commanders with whom I spoke in Anbar province in August were worried — worried that their Marines would get bored in the absence of combat action. Enlisted Marines on return...
BY RALPH PETERS
U.S. commanders with whom I spoke in Anbar province in August were worried — worried that their Marines would get bored in the absence of combat action. Enlisted Marines on return...
BY RALPH PETERS
The Army after Bush
George W. Bush’s 2000 election campaign promise to the military was “help is on the way.” But a prickly White House-Pentagon relationship and a war in which the civilian...
George W. Bush’s 2000 election campaign promise to the military was “help is on the way.” But a prickly White House-Pentagon relationship and a war in which the civilian...
Washington’s war
The human and material cost of America’s occupation of Iraq is reaching a climax. The ongoing “surge” of ground combat troops into Baghdad and its surroundings is producing...
BY COL. DOUGLAS MACGREGOR (RET.).
The human and material cost of America’s occupation of Iraq is reaching a climax. The ongoing “surge” of ground combat troops into Baghdad and its surroundings is producing...
BY COL. DOUGLAS MACGREGOR (RET.).
Flashpoint: Hamas haven
From Lebanon’s refugee camps to Iraq’s desert sands to Pakistan’s mountainous tribal areas, Islamic extremism is on the march across the Muslim world, while mod¬erate,...
From Lebanon’s refugee camps to Iraq’s desert sands to Pakistan’s mountainous tribal areas, Islamic extremism is on the march across the Muslim world, while mod¬erate,...
TO THE AIR FORCE For losing command and control of six nuclear warheads during a 3½-hour B-52 flight over the central U.S. The late-August incident left Air Force senior leadership scrambling to salvage...
Instructor call-up
I would like to add to Ralph Peters’ proposal [“The Geezer Brigade,” July] by sug¬gesting an additional route for voluntary call up, namely drawing on the...
I would like to add to Ralph Peters’ proposal [“The Geezer Brigade,” July] by sug¬gesting an additional route for voluntary call up, namely drawing on the...
Common-sense approach
The following thoughts and insights, while probably not original or creative in a sense, are solid enough to start a process of damage control and rebuilding once we get beyond our present...
The following thoughts and insights, while probably not original or creative in a sense, are solid enough to start a process of damage control and rebuilding once we get beyond our present...
TO COMPTROLLER GENERAL DAVID WALKER In his testi¬mony to the House Armed Services Committee in early September, Walker repeatedly stressed that the Government Accountability Office’s assessment of the Iraqi...
TO SENATOR JOHN WARNER Whose statesmanship will be missed after he retires in January 2009, con¬cluding 30 years in the Senate. Nonetheless, Warner’s decision to retire was correct and his reasoning...
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