Plan to Defeat ISIS Part 3; 1000 Troops to Kuwait; New Doctrine

A continuation of Plan to Defeat ISIS, Part 2, this is prompted by (Reuters) Exclusive: U.S. weighs deploying up to 1,000 ‘reserve’ troops for IS fight, which suggests a new military strategy is in the offing. The most famous quotation of Carl von Clausewitz is “War is a mere continuation of policy by other means.” … Continue reading Plan to Defeat ISIS Part 3; 1000 Troops to Kuwait; New Doctrine

New Cold War, Not!

CNN. Addresing the U.N., Russian PM Medvedev equates relations with West to a ‘new Cold War’. A few days later, (Reuters) Lucian Kim accuses the West of Munich-like behavior, where “Munich” is a synonym for capitulation. The authors share a common assumption, the continued existence of a Bloc World. In the post World-War II era, … Continue reading New Cold War, Not!