We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/juxtapositions_2.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:34:03 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification So, my buddy Jim C sends me this link to a Ralph Peter's piece in Armed Forces Journal regarding the selective, and to his eyes, dishonest use of history in the COIN manual published by General Petraeus here at Leavenworth just prior to his departure to implement the surge. Ralph is... unsparing in his criticism, as is his wont: A year after its publication, the Army and Marine Corps counterinsurgency manual remains deeply disturbing, both for the practical dangers it creates and for the dishonest approach employed to craft it. The most immediate indication of the manual’s limitations has been... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/juxtapositions_2.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/juxtapositions_2.html Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:11:55 -0600 It was always a foregone conclusion with Cap'n H, he posted his systematizing quotient on somebody's blog, and it was as high as mine. He didn't post his Emotionalizing Quotient, prolly fearing that it was as low as mine. I think he's found his niche, and I honor the Canadian Forces for keeping such a weird person and embracing his very useful weird qualities. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/juxtapositions_2.html#comment-68011 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/juxtapositions_2.html#comment-68011 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:53:29 -0600 Since when were we talking about CAPT H? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/juxtapositions_2.html#comment-67998 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/juxtapositions_2.html#comment-67998 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:56:13 -0600 don't get me started on tankers who turn to the dark side and go MI.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/juxtapositions_2.html#comment-67997 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/juxtapositions_2.html#comment-67997 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:38:19 -0600