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General McChrystal Defines "Success," and Fails

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. September 30, 2009.
Warning: Some graphic images. Gen. Stanley McChrystal told Congress that the measure of success in Afghanistan should be "the number of Afghans shielded from violence." Fail.

Troop Increases Help Drive Spread of the Insurgency in Afghanistan

ZP Heller, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Video. September 24, 2009.
The United States added troops in Afghanistan in each of these years. ICOS's maps show that none of these troop increases arrested the growth of the insurgency.

There is no Iraqi insurgency, military experts say

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: War on Iraq. June 17, 2008.
Chaos in post-surge Iraq undercuts rationale for occupation.

Dear Congress: "Pentagon Units in Afghanistan are Operating like South American Death Squads"

The NationJune 8, 2008.
In a letter to Congress, human rights leaders urge Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to stop funding torture in the so-called "war on terror."

King David (Petraeus)

Spencer Ackerman, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. May 7, 2008.
Spencer Ackerman profiles the "king" of counter-insurgency theory.

1776: The Greatest Counter-Insurgency Failure Ever

Andrew Exum, Comment Is Free. April 16, 2008.
Would General Petraeus have been able to keep the colonies in the fold?

According to U.S. Military Theory, We Can't Win in Iraq

Kristian Williams, In These Times. March 17, 2007.
Bush's new top commander in Iraq says he thinks the war in Iraq is winnable, but his recent manual on counterinsurgency suggests otherwise.

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