The U.S. needs Iran and Russia

With the war on terror now a war of logistics, the Obama administration must rely on the goodwill of those two

There is an old saying in military affairs, that everyone wants to do strategy and tactics, but real men do logistics. That is, moving persons and materiel around and managing supplies seems tedious, but they are crucial to success. The Obama administration has substituted the Logistics of War for the War on Terror. It is moving troops and equipment and assets around in the millions, on a vast scale, and therefore its enemies -- whether the Sunni radicals ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 1, 2009

Cole looks at the logistical nightmare of Afghanistan, and uses the framing to explain some of the attacks, and the political posturings.

The United States has been made a hostage to Iran and Russia by George W. Bush’s miring of the U.S. military in the midst of 300 million hostile, anti-imperialist ... More »

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