by Steven R. Corman In today’s New York Times, General Charles Dunlap Jr. argues that the Army’s new counterinsurgency manual is being misinterpreted and that we must deal with insurgents the old-fashioned way–by killing them: Unfortunately, starry-eyed enthusiasts have misread the manual to say that defeating an insurgency is all about winning hearts and minds [...]

CSC friend Matt Armstrong a.k.a. Mountainrunner has a new post at Small Wars Journal about the importance of capitalizing on recent gains in Iraq by following through with success in the reconstuction effort: The U.S. needs to take a systematic, holistic “whole of government” approach to reconstruction and stabilization that puts the focus on meeting [...]

Daily Show viewers were able to see courageous, funny, and even sarcastic soldiers working to make the best of an otherwise very difficult situation.

In the case of travel to sensitive areas, US officials should be aware of the possibility that their actions will be oppositionally framed.