By • Feb 11,2009

Afghanistan, resources vs. strategy

“We should not allow resources to determine strategy.” Standing on its own, this statement embodies a classic fallacy of defense planning. Resources are the foundation of any coherent strategy. However,...

By • Feb 11,2009

Against Democratic Peace Theory

Will Inboden writes a long screed on Obama and the prospects for democracy promotion during his administration. Like pretty much everything on Shadow Government, it’s very much worth reading. He...

By • Feb 11,2009

Yup. That’s terrorism.

There’s a great scene at the end of the conclusion of the Cartoon Wars twofer on South Park in which Kyle excoriates a group of callow Fox executives who have...

By • Feb 11,2009

The WaPo gets it

To my surprise, this morning’s Post had a whole article about how Obama caricatures the opponents of the stimulus as people who want to do nothing in the midst of...

By • Feb 11,2009

The Af-Pak Dilemma

I was going to respond to David Adesnik’s post directly when Christian Brose went ahead and did part of it for me—sort of: Now, don’t get me wrong: The two...

By • Feb 11,2009

Pressing question

‘Juno’ is on HBOW right now, and I’m struck by a question that I can’t remember was ever really acknowledged by that film: What if Michael Cera’s character had wanted...