Confused Narratives on Marjah

From Gareth Porter at the Asia Times. For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was to...

Training the Afghan National Army?

In keeping with our running coverage and commentary on the ANA, from AFP. For Lieutenant Ed Maloney, the most difficult part of leading a four-day mis...

Former Guantanamo Prisoner Commanding Southern Taliban Military

From AP: A man who was freed from Guantanamo after he claimed he only wanted to go home and help his family is now a senior commander running Taliban...

Progress on Logistics Through Georgia?

There are more logistical problems in the Khyber region, just as I predicted two years ago. Suspected Islamist militants armed with guns and rockets o...

The Media, the New Media and U.S. Intelligence

The DoD policy on the new media has been released.  There are positive steps – computers are to be configured to access such sites within the c...

Single Parents in the Military

Let me start off by saying that I am going to piss some of you off with the opinion you are about to read! But I am SICK and TIRED of people NOT under...

Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links f...

Half of Quetta Shura Arrested

Pakistan has supported a robust U.S...

Lawyers in the Battle Space

Two and a half years ago, I wrote God in the Battle Space.  I cited the example of Lt. Col...

COP Keating: Politics and Warfighting

Spencer Ackerman is conflicted over leaving COP Keating open.  Jim Hanson agrees with the commenter that has Spencer thinking – and supports th...