Comments on: Unserious? http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/27/unserious/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:24:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: RobertD http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/27/unserious/#comment-255660 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:55:11 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/27/unserious/#comment-255660 I've been studying counterinsurgency operations and, in particular, the new Army (and Marine) field manual FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency. General Petraeus was the commander at CAC when this was developed and he actively participated in its development. I calculated the troop requirement for Iraq per the manual's ratio of troops to civilians and found we need 50 brigades minimum - the surge is to 20 brigades. The surge won't work per the Army's own guiding document. More details are in my two posts at http://www.hangsatale.com/. I’ve been studying counterinsurgency operations and, in particular, the new Army (and Marine) field manual FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency. General Petraeus was the commander at CAC when this was developed and he actively participated in its development.

I calculated the troop requirement for Iraq per the manual’s ratio of troops to civilians and found we need 50 brigades minimum - the surge is to 20 brigades. The surge won’t work per the Army’s own guiding document. More details are in my two posts at http://www.hangsatale.com/.

]]> by: grannyeagle http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/27/unserious/#comment-255048 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:13:44 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/27/unserious/#comment-255048 Jerri: Lugar is a senator from Indiana not Ohio and the Repugs there love him so much he can do anything and get re-elected. Anyway, since he just did get re-elected, he can relax. He has always supported Bush and he will continue to do so. Jerri: Lugar is a senator from Indiana not Ohio and the Repugs there love him so much he can do anything and get re-elected. Anyway, since he just did get re-elected, he can relax. He has always supported Bush and he will continue to do so.

]]> by: sisyphus http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/27/unserious/#comment-255005 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:43:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/27/unserious/#comment-255005 Foreign Affairs, the journal of the Council on Foreign Relations, has an excellent article on the divide in the U.S. As I read it, the hawks want military power to strongly influence foreign policy, while the doves want negotiations and international institutions to drive foreign policy. The authors say this divide is usually the rule and will likely continue. http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070701faessay86406/charles-a-kupchan-peter-l-trubowitz/grand-strategy-for-a-divided-america.html Foreign Affairs, the journal of the Council on Foreign Relations, has an excellent article on the divide in the U.S.
As I read it, the hawks want military power to strongly influence foreign policy, while the doves want negotiations and international institutions to drive foreign policy.
The authors say this divide is usually the rule and will likely continue.

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070701faessay86406/charles-a-kupchan-peter-l-trubowitz/grand-strategy-for-a-divided-america.html

]]> by: merciless http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/27/unserious/#comment-254670 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:02:34 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/27/unserious/#comment-254670 jerri, that's good. My own congresscritter, the loathsome Heather Wilson, wrote an op-ed in the local paper where she came out absolutely against the surge. Then she voted for it. The news in the past couple of weeks has confused me so much that I now have no idea what anyone in Washington is going to do. Logic seems to have no place in political discourse any more, and even enlightened self-interest seems to be disappearing. I tend to agree with Atrios, who said not to kid ourselves, that nothing will happen in September. jerri, that’s good. My own congresscritter, the loathsome Heather Wilson, wrote an op-ed in the local paper where she came out absolutely against the surge. Then she voted for it.

The news in the past couple of weeks has confused me so much that I now have no idea what anyone in Washington is going to do. Logic seems to have no place in political discourse any more, and even enlightened self-interest seems to be disappearing. I tend to agree with Atrios, who said not to kid ourselves, that nothing will happen in September.

]]> by: jerri http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/27/unserious/#comment-254572 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:55:44 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/27/unserious/#comment-254572 Betcha Lugar is getting a lot of heat from the people of Ohio. The guard units have had how many rotations into the sand box...and the tours in country are being increased while the time home decreased. Betcha Lugar is getting a lot of heat from the people of Ohio. The guard units have had how many rotations into the sand box…and the tours in country are being increased while the time home decreased.

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