tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post32421890677640902..comments2023-11-17T03:55:40.736-05:00Comments on Ink Spots: Back to the future: time to renounce panaceas in AfghanistanLilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373158801523577733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-87934116207329978722011-12-08T06:23:45.910-05:002011-12-08T06:23:45.910-05:00Re: CNAS, it reminds one of the quote:
Americans ...Re: CNAS, it reminds one of the quote:<br /><br />Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing...after they have exhausted all other possibilities. by Winston ChurchillJasonhttp://armchairgeneralist.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-46000228770821878312011-12-07T20:07:46.705-05:002011-12-07T20:07:46.705-05:00Agree with Mike F's post, G, very nicely done....Agree with Mike F's post, G, very nicely done. Excellent and shrewd analysis where it is needed. I would only humbly add to your already complete and first rate analysis is that this is what happens when an army becomes trapped by its operational framework--this time around called pop centric coin--and cant see its way clear of it to better operational methods for strategy to employ to achieve policy aims at the least cost in blood and treasure.gian p gentilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-1229948290051365522011-12-07T18:24:07.156-05:002011-12-07T18:24:07.156-05:00Gulliver, nicely done. You nailed pretty much ever...Gulliver, nicely done. You nailed pretty much everything. The only thing that I would add would be the mindset change needed. See John Gillette's Confusing Deference with Agreement. http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/confusing-deference-with-agreementMikeFnoreply@blogger.com