KP Debate: Was the Iraq Invasion and Occupation a Strategic Success?
Seven years after the US invaded Iraq, the last of its combat troops have withdrawn across the border into Kuwait. Left behind are 50,000 troops whose mission is to continue limited counter-insurgency...
View ArticleOne man’s terrorist…
Via Thomas Beagle, the following astonishing story: In Libya, an unlikely hero of a youth-led revolution BENGHAZI, LIBYA – Mehdi Mohammed Zeyo was the most unlikely of revolutionary heroes. The...
View ArticleA ruinous adventure.
The objective of war is to marshall organized violence in order to intimidate or defeat an adversary for the purpose of imposing a political outcome against its will. Wars can be offensive or defensive...
View ArticleA hard rain is a’gonna fall.
Although I am loathe to prognosticate on fluid situations and current events, I have been thinking about how the conflict in Iraq has been going. Although I do not believe that the Islamic State (IS)...
View ArticleIs there a Kiwi word for “mission creep?”
Well, it was bound to happen. After all the hemming and hawing and the kerfuffle that led to the announcement that New Zealand was sending 143 troops to Iraq as trainers and their force protection, the...
View ArticleThe NZSAS could soon join the fight against Daesh (if it has not already).
The US has asked New Zealand to provide special operations troops to the anti-Daesh coalition. The government has said that it will consider the request but both the Prime Minister and the Defence...
View ArticleDeja Vu all over again?
According to press reports US Defense Secretary James Mattis is considering sending between 3000-5000 additional US troops back to Afghanistan to bolster the 13,450 already there. Last week he is...
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