So, I am often accused of being, ya know, an arrogant elistist jerk. Mostly that tends to occur when I argue that Stan McChrystal’s views are incoherent or that Steve Biddle is arguing gibberish.  At one point, when I tried to lay out some problems with David Kilcullen’s argument a thoughtful commentator dismissed my critique [...]

Conventional wisdom in Afghanistan is changing.  Just a few months ago, calling for a smaller footprint approach focused on counter-terrorism was labasted as “half-assed” and worse.  And people calling for such an approach were accused of being ignorant and labeled as extreme peaceniks.  But times change, I guess because it is becoming increasingly clear that [...]

What an interesting weekend! I’ll have some things to say about the Wikileaks documents, but my comments will be perhaps a bit more circumspect than usual and I want to address that issue now.
After three and a half years, I am leaving the American Security Project at the end of this week to return [...]