Senator Kerry’s Conflict of Interest in Afghanistan
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) traveled to Kabul on August 17 to deliver the Obama administration’s warning to Hamid Karzai that he must clean up corruption…
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After McChrystal: Obama, Petraeus, and Fixing a Failed Strategy in Afghanistan
The newspapers will be filled for days with information and views regarding Obama’s June 23 firing of General Stanley McChrystal and his replacement by General…
McChrystal, Petraeus, COIN, and Fixing a Failed Strategy in Afghanistan
The newspapers will be filled for days with information and views regarding Obama’s meeting with Stanley McChrystal and his Afghanistan team on Wednesday, June 23,…
Intelligence Matters: U.S. Dependence on Intelligence From Wali Karzai Shapes Kandahar Strategy
Quotation “La guerre, c’est une chose trop grave pour la confier à des militaires.” “War is too serious a matter to just be handed over…
Intelligence Matters: CIA Capabilities in Afghanistan
Robert Baer’s GQ article on the attack on the CIA base in Khost province and what it suggests about the capabilities of the CIA has…
Intelligence Matters: Khost, The Flynn Report, and a Few Hypotheses
Our intelligence in Afghanistan doesn’t seem to be very good. Publication of the Flynn report in January, 2010 revealed very serious shortcomings in U.S. military…