by editor | May 5, 2008 | Iraq, Politics, Strategic Comm.
by Clint Martinez What happens if we leave Iraq? From what I gather, and believe in, Iraq will eventually serve as place that comes of out darkness and stands as a light of democracy to the world. A free will Iraq will show the Middle East and the world that the...
by matmorris | Mar 28, 2008 | Diplomacy, Framing, Image, Iraq, Politics, Strategic Comm.
or Deconstructing John McCain by Matthew B. Morris John McCain gave what was billed as a major foreign policy speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council on March 26. In the speech he described himself as a “realistic idealist:†I am an idealist, and I...
by matmorris | Mar 20, 2008 | Iraq, Media
by Matthew B. Morris Al Jazeera broadcast another message from Osama bin Laden today. If confirmed as authentic, this is the second message from bin Laden in the last two days. Although the translation is not yet available, the message is another call on Muslims to...
by goodall | Mar 4, 2008 | Iraq, Media, Popular Culture, Uncategorized
by Bud Goodall In a New York Times article today entitled “Violence Leaves Young Iraqis Doubting Clerics,” evidence gathered by investigative reporters on the scene strongly indicates that the appeal of violent extremism may be waning. Are we at a new...
by editor | Jan 9, 2008 | Counterterrorism, Iraq, Movements
by Steven R. Corman In today’s New York Times, General Charles Dunlap Jr. argues that the Army’s new counterinsurgency manual is being misinterpreted and that we must deal with insurgents the old-fashioned way–by killing them: Unfortunately,...
by editor | Jan 4, 2008 | Iraq
CSC friend Matt Armstrong a.k.a. Mountainrunner has a new post at Small Wars Journal about the importance of capitalizing on recent gains in Iraq by following through with success in the reconstuction effort: The U.S. needs to take a systematic, holistic “whole of...