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EEI#33 “What Kind of War?” – McChrystal and Rolling Stone: Elements of self-inflicted “system” perturbation

  The story of interest over the past days in regard to Rolling Stone’s “The Runaway General –  Stanley McChrystal, Obama’s top commander in Afghanistan, has seized control of the war by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House” does not go down easily, for more than just the […]

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EEI#29 "What Kind of war" – Lawyering up – the killing of Hamas' Mahmoud Mabhouh

See Targeted for death -  the killing of Hamas’ Mahmoud Mabhouh.  (See  background report on the operation itself) Los Angeles Times’ Marjorie Miller sought the views of an array of military and human rights lawyers on the legality and legitimacy of targeted killings. So what kind of war or warfare or confrontation or conflict against non-state […]

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EEI#24 “What kind of war” – continued (10 of ?) – Definitions or Targets

 Essential Elements of Information for a Culture of Preparedness   ( From The Counter Terrorism Puzzle; A Guide for Decision Makers, used with permission of the author, Dr. Boaz Ganor, the Associate Dean of the Lauder School of Government, at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel, and the founder and Executive Director of the International Institute […]

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EEI#23 “What kind of war?” -continued (9 of ?) – Square Pegs, Round Holes vs. “War Amongst the People”

Essential Elements of Information for a Culture of Preparedness There seems to be a trend toward treating events of terrorism as if they were specifically a law-enforcement problem , rather than  enemy operations in the context of war and warfare. Both require application of force  “but for force to be effective the desired outcome of […]

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EEI#22 “What kind of war” -continued (8 of ?) – No Exit

 Essential Elements of Information for a Culture of Preparedness America has an impressive record of starting wars but a dismal one of ending them well. Andrew J. Bacevich is professor of history and international relations at Boston University. He is a retired Army Colonel, graduate of  West Point, serving in Vietnam in 1970 and 71.  In […]

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EEI#21 “What kind of a war?” -continued (7 of ?)- The war of new words: Why military history trumps buzzwords

Essential Elements of Information for a Culture of Preparedness  To say “warfare is changing” is banal, obvious and thus irrelevant. When did warfare ever not evolve? The acts of Sept. 11 changed nothing in the Thucydidean and Clausewitzian nature of war, or even its modern practice. America’s choice of response did change U.S. foreign policy […]

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EEI#20 “What kind of war?” – continued (6 of ?) – 5 Myths about keeping America safe from terrorism

 Essential Elements of Information for a Culture of Preparedness  … familiar arguments about what can and should be done to reduce America’s vulnerabilities are again filling the airwaves, editorial pages and blogosphere. Several of these arguments are based on assumptions that guided the U.S. response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks — and unfortunately, they […]

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EEI#19 “What kind of war?” – continued (5 of?) – Boundary Layers

 Essential Elements of Information for a Culture of Preparedness A  ”lesson in aerodynamics” might be of interest as painting- hopefully- a useful “picture” of the period from  shortly before the September 11, 2001 8th hour, 46th minute, 40th second impact of American Airlines Flight 11, on through the remainder of the day as initial reaction and response […]

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EEI#18 “What kind of a war” – continued (4 of ?) – War? What War?

Essential Elements of Information for a Culture of Preparedness  As stated previously this site is not specifically focused on war and warfare, and most specifically, it has never been intended as one providing political commentary.  The “kind of war” – as essential element of  information- series is being extended because today’s war,  how we define it, […]

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EEI#17 “What kind of war” – continued (3 of ?) – Civilian Courts no place for terrorists

Essential Elements of Information for a Culture of Preparedness Fooling ourselves into thinking that terrorism is a just a criminal problem best handled by halfhearted security measures and civilian courts that rely on a “reasonable-doubt” standard is both naive and dangerous.  Bob Brooks is the Sheriff of Ventura County California. He has a Master of […]

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