by humbleauthor | Aug 16, 2011 | Monitor
Interesting use of the epithet “Crusaders,” this time by Gaddafi’s government. I had not been previously aware of Arab governments using the term. Rather, I thought that this was generally a bit of jihadist terminology. Did I miss something? Or...
by Darren | Aug 14, 2011 | Monitor
There is an old adage that a group typically won’t vote to reduce it’s own power. It isn’t a far jump to extend this to tax increases: few people are likely to vote an increase in their own taxes. This got me wondering about the new Congressional...
by humbleauthor | Aug 12, 2011 | Monitor
I was listening to a podcast of the Pritzker Military Library with Sebastian Junger yesterday. Junger was talking about his book War and the film Restrepo which he made with the late Tim Hetherington. He made a claim about casualties in Afghanistan which boggled my...
by editor | Aug 9, 2011 | Analysis, Image, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman In business marketing, branding means creating demand for a product by creating an image that is appealing to potential consumers. This probably brings to mind successful brands like Coca-Cola, Disney, and Nike. But brands can also become...
by humbleauthor | Aug 6, 2011 | Monitor
News reports and the Pentagon have nearly two dozen US special operators and an unspecified number of Afghans killed in Afghanistan today when the Taliban shot down their helicopter. Reportedly the helicopter was carrying a “quick reaction force” (QRF),...
