Josh Rogin has an explosive story about retired Lt. Gen. David Barno, a former Afghanistan-war commander and darling of the counterinsurgency community, coming under Pentagon inspector-general investigation for mismanaging a wing of the National Defense University under his care. Check it out.
Nate Fick — whom Center for a New American Security chairman Richard Danzig announced this morning as the next CNAS CEO; he’s barely in his 30s — and Andrew “Abu Muqawama” Exum are talking about their new paper on Afghanistan and Pakistan. I blogged about that paper More…
“Success equals leadership plus strategy plus resources” said retired Lt. Gen. David Barno about Afghanistan. Although he doesn’t say it himself, he had the first element, as the former U.S. commander there from 2003 to 2005, but never the other two. He thinks that the confirmation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal More…
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