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Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:09 PM

Counter-Insurgency

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Counter-Insurgency

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 20 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Karl Eikenberry

Tom Engelhardt: The Afghan Speech Obama Should Give (But Won't)

Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com. Sure, the quote in the over-title is only my fantasy. No one in Washington -- no less President Obama -- ever said, "This administration ended, rather than extended, two wars," and right now, it looks ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, Tom Engelhardt, Pakistan, Counter-Insurgency, Karl Eikenberry

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

David Ignatius: The U.S. may again try a tribal strategy

While military officers wait for President Obama to conclude his agonizingly slow review of Afghanistan policy, they've been reading a paper by an Army Special Forces operative arguing that the only hope for success in that country is to work with tribal ... [Washington Post - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, David Ignatius, Special Forces, Taliban, United States

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Counterinsurgency by the book

Campbell Clark Ottawa ? TThe manual makes clear that counterinsurgency campaigns, like the one in Afghanistan, are not traditional wars, but political campaigns with a military component. Winning the hearts and minds of the population, offering a better ... [Globe and Mail - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Counter-Insurgency, Law of Armed Conflict, Torture, Richard Colvin

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

An International Women's Brigade for Afghanistan

Okay Im not the right guy to do this. Make this suggestion. First of all Im a guy and what Im suggesting probably should be proposed by a woman.Second, I believe that the Afghanistan situation is probably hopeless as it is. What Im suggesting is not likely ... [Pajamas Media - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Counter-Insurgency, Afghanistan, Lyndon B Johnson, Iraq, John Kerrys

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Hamid Karzai

Afghanistan President Karzai inaugural: promises of clean cabinet

New Delhi - Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai promised to crack down on corruption after being sworn in for his second term on Thursday. But his related promise to fill his cabinet with "professionals" may be what the US and other governments were most ... [Christian Science Monitor - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Hamid Karzai, Corruption, Afghanistan

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents

NATO

Vision for victory -- Part II

The last of two parts.A practical agenda is emerging for pushing extremists out of the population centers of Afghanistan and helping establish a legitimate Afghan government in their place.It is not guaranteed to work, due to Afghan corruption and other ... [Washington Times - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Taliban, NATO, Corruption

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Man with a conscience (Dawg's Blawg)

Everything has by now been dragged into the sunlight. The Harper government, beyond all reasonable doubt, has been complicit in the torture of Afghan civilians, and the Canadian Forces' leadership and assorted conniving bureaucrats have joined this government ... [Progressive Bloggers - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Kandahar, Torture, Richard Colvin

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Peter Henne: A Call for Clarity on Afghanistan

As casualties mount in Afghanistan, pundits and bloggers eagerly await Obama's decision on US policy toward that conflict. The American public is growing wary of the war, with Democratic lawmakers and activists calling for reduced troop levels. ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, Counter-Insurgency, Foreign Policy, differentiation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Hearts and Minds Makes Sense

My son first Lt. Jonathan Brostrom was killed in Afghanistan on July 13, 2008. More than 200 insurgents attacked him and his troops as they were constructing a combat outpost in the village of Wanat, in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Jonathan, ... [MSNBC Newsweek - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, Counter-Insurgency, Brostrom AB, Army

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Michael Gerson on Obama's dysfunctional decision making

In the beginning, the Obama administration directed a spotlight toward its careful, thoughtful decision-making process on Afghanistan. National security meetings were announced, photographed and highlighted in background briefings to the media. President ... [Washington Post - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Michael Gerson, Military/Armed Forces, Karl Eikenberry, Barack Obama

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

An End to the 'Banana Wars'

Thanks to stubborn and persisent negotiations, the longest-running trade dispute in the history of the WTO . This lends support to the flagging notion of negotiated settlements, and banishes the possibility of a banana-centric counterinsurgency doctrine ... [World Politics Review - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Counter-Insurgency, World Trade Organization, Doctrine

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents

Positive Petraeus lessons

The essence of counterinsurgency strategy (COIN), integral to defeating Sept. 11, 2001-type extremists infecting various Middle East countries, is building confidence among the population.The key is working hand-in-glove with the respective military and ... [Washington Times - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan, David Petraeus, Counter-Insurgency

Quotes

...The time and the options in Afghanistan are limited. "As an analogy," says David Kilcullen, an expert on counterinsurgency strategy, "you have a building on fire, and it's got a bunch of firemen" inside. There are not enough firemen to put it out. You have to send in more or you have to leave...

Afghanistan Options and Decisions [BLACKFIVE - 16 hours ago]

...Politically speaking, in South Vietnam and Afghanistan, both regimes were viewed as illegitimate by a vast majority of the population, he said. "Many scholars have suggested that one of the prerequisites for a successful counterinsurgency is having a government or a governmental partner ... that seems legitimate by 80 to 90 percent of the population, and that just doesn't hold in Afghanistan" he said. Hear their full conversation here: View more Afghan conversations:

Reporter's Podcast: Afghan Dilemma Recalls Vietnam Lessons [PBS - 18 hours ago]

conference today in New York City on "Counterinsurgency: America's"

Daily brief: at least 16 dead after suicide bomber hits Afghan market [Foreign Policy Magazine - 21 hours ago]

...The time and the options in Afghanistan are limited. "As an analogy," says David Kilcullen, an expert on counterinsurgency strategy, "you have a building on fire, and it's got a bunch of firemen inside. There are not enough firemen to put it out. You have to send in more or you have to leave. It is not appropriate to stand outside pontificating about not taking lightly the responsibility of sending firemen into harm's way. Either put in enough firemen to put the fire out or get out of the house." mgerson@globalengage.org

Michael Gerson on Obama's dysfunctional decision making [Washington Post - 11/20/2009]

More Content

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David Ignatius: The U.S. may again try a tribal... [Washington Post - 7 hours ago]
Counterinsurgency by the book [Globe and Mail - 8 hours ago]
Don't head for the exit [Globe and Mail - 9 hours ago]
While the White House dithers, a new idea for A... [Lebanon Daily Star - 9 hours ago]
Why Obama Will Adopt "McCrystal Light"... [Zaman - 10 hours ago]
In Iraq, a Blunt Civilian Is a Fixture by the G... [New York Times - 12 hours ago]
Majority of detainees in Afghanistan can be rel... [South Asian News Agency - 14 hours ago]
In Iraq, a Civilian Voice at the Commanders Side [New York Times - 14 hours ago]
US Legislators want new tax to pay for war in A... [Digital Journal - 15 hours ago]
Reporter's Podcast: Afghan Dilemma Recalls Viet... [PBS - 18 hours ago]
Brigade Prepares for 'Advise, Assist' [Military.com - 18 hours ago]
America's farmer-soldiers in Afghanistan [GlobalPost - 20 hours ago]
Daily brief: at least 16 dead after suicide bom... [Foreign Policy Magazine - 21 hours ago]
Opinion: How to finance the war in Afghanistan? [GlobalPost - 21 hours ago]
Gated Communities: What Borders Say About Afgha... [Army Technology - 21 hours ago]
Positive Petraeus lessons [Washington Times - 23 hours ago]
Vision for victory -- Part II [Washington Times - 23 hours ago]
India Steps Up Its Fight Against Maoist Naxalit... [Time - 11/20/2009]
Why the Pakistan Army Won't Fight Afghanistan's... [Time - 11/20/2009]
An End to the 'Banana Wars' [World Politics Review - 11/20/2009]
Why Pakistan Won't Fight the Afghan Taliban [Time - 11/20/2009]
Canada complicit in torture of hundreds of Afgh... [World Socialist Web Site - 11/20/2009]
Michael Gerson on Obama's dysfunctional decisio... [Washington Post - 11/20/2009]
Ethiopian family struggles to escape a lethal l... [Globe and Mail - 11/20/2009]
U.S.-run prison in Afghanistan holds few Taliba... [USA Today - 11/20/2009]
Compromise in Afghanistan [World Market Media - 11/20/2009]
Vision for Victory in Afghanistan - Part I [Brookings Institution - 11/20/2009]
Hearts and Minds Makes Sense [MSNBC Newsweek - 11/19/2009]
Obama Should Give This Speech [Mother Jones - 11/19/2009]
Fred Thompson's Harry Reid Impression -- By: Pe... [National Review - 11/19/2009]

Blogs

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Checking In [BLACKFIVE - 15 hours ago] U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Sean Cain, with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, performs a radio check during a security patrol in the Nawa ...
Afghanistan Options and Decisions [BLACKFIVE - 16 hours ago] There is a good piece today in the Washington Post by David Gerson about the soup sandwich that the decision-avoiding process about Afghanistan has become. He discusses ...
Tom Engelhardt: The Afghan Speech Obama Should ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 20 hours ago] Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com. Sure, the quote in the over-title is only my fantasy. No one in Washington -- no less President Obama -- ever said, ...
Who Will Investigate CIA/RAND/APA Torture “Work... [Firedoglake - 11/19/2009] (photo by hitthatswitch) Back in May 2007, while researching the activities of the American Psychological Association (APA) in support of the U.S. government’s ...
Peter Henne: A Call for Clarity on Afghanistan [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/19/2009] As casualties mount in Afghanistan, pundits and bloggers eagerly await Obama's decision on US policy toward that conflict. The American public is growing ...

Audio/Video

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The Alyona Show: Can Counterinsurgency Stop Gan... [Russia Today - YouTube - 11/19/2009]
What do they talk about in all those Afghanista... [Slate Magazine - 11/12/2009]
Obama's Real Afghanistan Decision [Slate Magazine - 11/12/2009]
U.S. and Colombia vs. Venezuela? [Russia Today - YouTube - 10/30/2009]
Reform Fiends, Tomb Raiders, and Skull Chic [Slate Magazine - 10/30/2009]

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