ZOMBIE CONTENTIONS

Tag Archives: Strategy

Tales from the Geopolitical Crypt: Seven Deadly Scenarios by Andrew Krepinevich

Seven Deadly Scenarios can be read and enjoyed almost as a collection of near future science fiction stories, though unlike sci-fi writers, who typically unveil the imagined course of future events elliptically, piece by piece, thus to keep the reader puzzling, author Andrew Krepinevich attacks the shape of things to come straight on, and the [...]

¶ Posted 17 December 2009 † CK MacLeod § Books § Future History § US National Defense § War ‡ Comments (57) ° Also tagged: Future History, Global War

CONTENTION OF THE DAY – From orbit, Obama looks like all of the other presidents

Obama’s foreign policy is neither as alien as his critics would argue nor as original as his supporters argue. He is adhering to the basic logic of American grand strategy, minimizing risks over time while seeking ways to impose low-cost solutions. It differs from Bush’s policies primarily in that Bush had events forced on him [...]

¶ Posted 02 November 2009 † CK MacLeod § Barack Obama § Contention of the Day § International Relations § War ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: Afghanistan, Iran

A Unique Take on Obama’s Dual Crisis

George Friedman of STRATFOR has offered a unique take on what he refers to as a “dual crisis” – Afghanistan and Iran – awaiting action from the President. To cut to the chase, his prescription for the President is as follows: On pure logic, history or politics aside, the best course is to strike Iran [...]

¶ Posted 29 September 2009 † CK MacLeod § Afghanistan § Barack Obama § International Relations § Iran § Nuclear Strategy ‡ Comments (40) ° Also tagged: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel

Keeping to the President’s Right on Afghanistan #2: Mistrust but Verify

With the Administration focused on its domestic agenda, and with the next major decision on troop deployments not expected for weeks if not months, Speaker Pelosi, Representative John Murtha, and Senator Carl Levin have still found time in recent days to confirm broad opposition within the President’s coalition to any military escalation in Afghanistan. The [...]

¶ Posted 14 September 2009 † CK MacLeod § Afghanistan ‡ Comments (55) ° Also tagged: Afghanistan, Foreign Policy Initiative, Islamism, Neo-Isolationism, Pakistan, Surge

Time For George Will To Get Out Of Foreign Policy

Here is George Will, our country’s new leading defeatist, in a nutshell (from “Time to Leave Iraq” – Townhall.com): If, in spite of contrary evidence, the U.S. surge permanently dampened sectarian violence, all U.S. forces can come home sooner than the end of 2011. If, however, the surge did not so succeed, U.S. forces must [...]

¶ Posted 03 September 2009 † CK MacLeod § Iraq § Media § US National Defense ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: defeatism, George Will, grand strategy, Iraq, Surge

CONTENTION OF THE DAY

If it were only a matter of wasted tax dollars, that would be bad enough. But our troops suffer grievous wounds or die because neither the Bush nor the Obama administrations did the basic calculations you’d do before buying shares in a mutual fund. And no, we’re not too big to fail. Our troops can [...]

¶ Posted 21 August 2009 † CK MacLeod § Afghanistan § Contention of the Day ‡ Comments (17) ° Also tagged: Afghanistan, Taliban

The Wall (4827)
- narciso: Moved on to the last of Larsson, the reason for Sljander’s rather idiosyncraticpersonality, her father is a Soviet GRU defector protected by the evil Swedish state security,...
- Howard Portnoy: Wow, it’s my first time here since your remodeled, Czar. Looks great! Kudos.
Roman Polanski: The Other War (Culture, That Is) (35)
- narciso: He’s printed up his whining statement, from the office of his chateau, no doubt, it’s hard to see someone more vile, then again he telescoped the water wars of the 00s,...
New York City Announces that “Rubber Rooms” for Teachers Will Close (1)
- Zoltan Newberry: It would be better if these hard working and badly misunderstood teachers were put to work, I say! They could raise money for education as targets in pie throwing daily fund...
RECOMMENDED BROWSING (132)
- narciso: You missed who that line was directed at Sully, it wasn’t Obama
- Sully: @ fustotten: I didn’t like the baby campaign prop either, which actually caused me to wonder whether it was productive as a prop. And, on the subject of the presidency. There is...