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HONORÉ AS THE HEAD OF FEMA

As you all know, DNI doesn’t endorse candidates for political office.  A friend of mine, though, asked if I’d publish his broadsheet campaigning to have the Obama administration appoint retired US Army General Russ Honoré to head the Federal Emergency Management Administration.  I think it’s a great idea, and since one doesn’t run for FEMA [...]

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On War #276: War on Two Fronts, Without Railways

By William S. Lind
September 30, 2008
One way to look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is to see them as one war with two fronts.  Germany fought two-front wars twice in the 20th century, and it was almost able to prevail because it had the advantage of interior lines.  The German Army could quickly [...]

Filed in Global and Strategic Issues, Iraq and the Middle East, Organization and Personnel Managment, Readiness, Strategy and Force Employment, William S. Lind | 8 responses so far