This is Foreign Policy Association sponsored discussion on Iraq. The main speakers were Frederik Kagan, a proponent of the surge, and Augustus Richard Norton, an advisor to the Iraq Study Group. The video includes opening presentations and a Q&A. The chair is Lawrence Korb.
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Town Hall Video on Iraq
Showing posts with label surge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surge. Show all posts
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
Zbigniew Brzezinski on ending the Iraq war
How to End the War
Of related interest is this town hall discussion, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. The site includes a streaming video of the event. The speakers are Frederick Kagan and myself. The chair is Larry Korb.
Of related interest is this town hall discussion, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. The site includes a streaming video of the event. The speakers are Frederick Kagan and myself. The chair is Larry Korb.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
An army strained to the limits in Iraq--my take
Washington Babylon (Harper's Magazine)
Also see these earlier posts: discontent with senior officers; troop shortages; lowering promotion standards; flood of officers leaving army; strained military; Gary Hart on the strained army; and recruiting problems.
This 2006 CRS study is valuable. It includes data on officer accessions, showing a decline in officers from ROTC and an increase to 30% (probably more today) of the total from OCS.
Also see these earlier posts: discontent with senior officers; troop shortages; lowering promotion standards; flood of officers leaving army; strained military; Gary Hart on the strained army; and recruiting problems.
This 2006 CRS study is valuable. It includes data on officer accessions, showing a decline in officers from ROTC and an increase to 30% (probably more today) of the total from OCS.
Friday, November 30, 2007
"Six Questions for Douglas Macgregor on Iraq and the “Surge”
"Six Questions for Douglas Macgregor on Iraq and the “Surge”" by Ken Silverstein (Harper's Magazine)
Doug Macgregor is a smart retired army officer who has thought seriously about warfare, and about Iraq. This concise interview deserves your attention.
Doug Macgregor is a smart retired army officer who has thought seriously about warfare, and about Iraq. This concise interview deserves your attention.
Saturday, September 08, 2007
New USIP Iraq paper to be released on Sunday, September 9, 2007
New Report Recommends Iraq Handover in 5 Years - washingtonpost.com
The USIP report.
The USIP report.
A list of those experts who participated in the discussions that led to this paper and are prepared to have their names associated with it:
Rend al-Rahim, Hans Binnendijk, Keith Crane, James Dobbins, Chas Freeman, Don Hays, Paul Hughes, Edward Joseph, Ellen Laipson, Riva Levinson, David Mack, Phebe Marr, Gary Matthews,Cliff May,Hassan Mneimneh, Augustus Richard Norton, Marina Ottaway, William Quandt, James Schear, Alan Schwartz, Daniel Serwer, John Sigler and Wallace A. Terrill.
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