Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners
Quotes of the Day:
“It is not to political leaders our people must look, but to themselves. Leaders are but individuals, and individuals are imperfect, liable to error and weakness. The strength of the nation will be the strength of the spirit of the whole people.”
- Michael Collins
"Insanity in individual is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule"
-Nietzsche
"True political warfare, as understood and practiced by our enemy, is not mere rivalry or competition... Political warfare is a form of war. It is strategic in nature. Its objective...is to impose one's own will... In simplest terms, it aims to conquer the opponent."
- James Burnham, a former Trot who became a cold warrior and wrote “Suicide of the West” in 1964, the quote is from an essay he wrote for Ordinance mag read into the congressional record by Senator Dodd in 1961 in support of the Freedom Academy.
1. Afghanistan’s collapse leaves allies questioning U.S. resolve on other fronts
2. Afghan security forces’ wholesale collapse was years in the making
3. Don’t Fail America’s Allies
4. America’s Withdrawal of Choice | by Richard Haass
5. Afghanistan conflict: As Kabul falls, Biden backlash grows
6. After the fall of Kabul, what’s next for Afghanistan?
7. Japan’s New China Reality
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