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Democracies Get the Wars They Deserve

America is stuck in a pattern of accepting faulty concepts during wars as common knowledge. Remember the domino theory?

The Hysteria and Confusion Over Mumbai-Style Attacks in Europe

We will never eradicate the threat of terrorism. But we can take measures to rein in the fear it produces.

Pushing Back Forcefully against Critics versus “Hating” Them

Trying to clear the air surrounding the Afghanistan Study Group Report.

In Defense of the Afghanistan Study Group Report

Evidence that neither Joshua Foust nor Andrew Exum recognizes strategic thought when it comes to Afghanistan.

The Dilemma of War

Iraq and Afghanistan raise the question: Can we win by attempting to take cruelty out of war, especially when faced with adversaries that do not?

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May 26, 2012