Best Defense
Thomas E. Ricks’ daily take on national security.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Gourley Challenge, Round 2: Here is what I think he misses on the Afghan war
Thomas Donnelly: I write again mostly to point out the near-contradictions in Jim Gourley’s thought.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Gourley challenge: We used the wrong tools for the Afghan problem
Our military has so far failed to achieve success in Afghanistan because the U.S. sent an army, which is a tool of diplomacy, to solve a non-diplomatic problem.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why did we fail in the Afghan war? Because we didn’t understand the place
Our problem was we quickly lost sight of the purpose of war: to force your enemy to submit to your will.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When good military websites go bad: A sad example from the Navy history center
The Navy’s historical center has a new site, and I think it sucks.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Pop Rep in the Mil Services’ (II): Zooming in on the shape of the Air Force
More on the makeup of our services, today focusing on the USAF.
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