Wow, that passages describes exactly what's been happening with Gaza the last few years
> Events in Lebanon had added to the growing sense of unease that I had first experienced in Baghdad. When a powerful military is faced by apparent military "weakness", it can respond by an overuse of kinetic force - the "hard power" of attacking with guns, bombs and artillery.
> I worried that in Afghanistan, as in Lebanon and before it, Iraq, hard power was not being properly balanced by the application of "soft power" - stabilisation, reconstruction, investment and negotiation.
> We were also being out-fought in the propaganda war by an enemy that was more adept and agile in the use of the internet.
Could someone elaborate on the intent schematic that was used to plan the attack? I have always wondered how big military operations were developed, it's hard to imagine anything of that size and complexity in the civilian world.
I'm sorry that I don't have direct links but most US military doctrine can be found easily in the for of FM's and TM's (field and technical manuals respectively). Many of which are available free on the Internet.
FM's are usually written in a terse and skimmable format.
A good place to start might be US Army FM 7-8 (that's "seven dash eight" not "seven through eight")
I came away disappointed about the level of detail on that too. Also I wondered on the political nuance of why Semple was expelled, that part was quite terse.
same here...at first I thought it could be my adblocker, but it breaks completely without it as well.
on Safari my laptop fan started moving so loud, it felt it was going to take off
> Events in Lebanon had added to the growing sense of unease that I had first experienced in Baghdad. When a powerful military is faced by apparent military "weakness", it can respond by an overuse of kinetic force - the "hard power" of attacking with guns, bombs and artillery.
> I worried that in Afghanistan, as in Lebanon and before it, Iraq, hard power was not being properly balanced by the application of "soft power" - stabilisation, reconstruction, investment and negotiation.
> We were also being out-fought in the propaganda war by an enemy that was more adept and agile in the use of the internet.