The Trench
January 20, 2010

Voice of Obama

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The Voice of America is a propaganda factory so it’s hard to blame VOA for pumping out propaganda. And yet, VOA is so hard to ignore. Is th...

Gates' Time to Shine (On the War Path)

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Politics usually saves the most powerful for last. On the same day Afghan officials presented their plan to nullify the Taliban insurgency,...
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January 19, 2010

COIN 101

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Weighing military and propaganda losses can be a tricky process. Propaganda defeat can neutralize a military success, while propaganda can t...

America and China's Hegemony War: Into the Blue

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The only object large enough to block out China’s Moon landing is an aircraft carrier. It’s closer for starters ; real carrier fever will br...
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Quotes of the Day

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"If you think you will reach the U.S. and all the doors will be wide open to you, that's not at all the case. And they will interce...
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January 18, 2010

The Richard Holbrooke Saga: Part 2

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We shouldn’t be so hard on US envoy Richard Holbrooke’s single-mindedness. On the contrary, he’s a multi-faceted diplomat whose confrontatio...
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January 17, 2010

Hugo's Schizophrenia

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Hugo Chavez is a political scientist's dream. Random and thus hard to predict, but we understand that much. And so when he speaks of imp...

The Richard Holbrooke Saga: Part 1

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Of the many advantages America still enjoys in West Asia - military strength, technological superiority, (albeit dwindling) political and ec...
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Haiti's Overt Conspiracy

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Is an obvious conspiracy still a conspiracy? They can smile all they want, solemn up for the cameras. They won’t fool us - they shouldn’t fo...
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January 16, 2010

What Happened To Hearts & Minds?

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Farouk Umar AbdulMutallab will go down as one of the most successful failed terrorists in history. His dud of an “underwear bomb” drew inter...
January 15, 2010

Playing God

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A new day brings an old game. US and Pakistani intelligence scramble to confirm the death of TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud, but we’ve seen th...
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January 14, 2010

US Officials Need Counterinsurgency Training

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America has long needed either a new law or new program for 21st century warfare: either non-military US officials must be barred from givin...

Quote of the Day

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'We have become used to the drone attacks, but now people are scared as they are coming every night." - Israr Khan Dawar , 17-year-...
January 13, 2010

Partners In Health

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Darkness has fallen on what could be the greatest catastrophe in human history. Haiti has No food, No water, No shelter, No aid . No electri...

The Real Carl Levin

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As Chairman of the Senate’s Armed Forces Committee, it would be nice to hear some straight talk out of Carl Levin for a change. Unfortunatel...

COIN 101

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Marine Major General Richard Mills is a bold man and we thank him for providing us a specific example of information warfare, but he better ...
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Haiti

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Words don't have much effect during a catastrophe of this magnitude. A hundred thousand people are likely dead. The cities and countrysi...
January 12, 2010

Behind the Numbers

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A lot of information is coming out of Afghanistan right now: information, disinformation, misinformation, and propaganda mixed with inevitab...
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