Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners
Quotes of the Day:
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
- Aldous Huxley
"Wars are fought one battle at a time.
Battles, you win one bullet at a time."
-The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
"Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans, the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces, the next in order is to attack the enemy's army in the field, and the worst policy of all is to besiege walled cities."
-Sun Tzu ( from best to worst: attack Strategy, Alliances, Fielded Forces, Siege Cities)
1. Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late August
2. ‘I demand accountability’: Marine battalion commander calls out senior leaders for Afghanistan failures
3. Marine commander who demanded ‘accountability’ for Afghanistan failures is relieved of his duties
4. US intelligence community review does not determine origin of Covid-19
5. As U.S. Troops Searched Afghans, a Bomber in the Crowd Moved In
6. Afghanistan and the big flaw in US counterinsurgency doctrine
7. To Honor the Fallen, Americans Must Learn the Right Lesson from Afghanistan
8. Operation Pineapple Express Saw Special Ops Vets Lead The Rescue Of Hundreds Of Afghans
9. He was a baby on 9/11. Now he’s one of the last casualties of America’s longest war.
10. The Campfire v. the Podium: the Persuasive Power of Storytelling
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/8-28-2021-National-Security-News-and-Commentary.html?soid=1114009586911&aid=RNw24ClD2fc
