Tag Archives for Afghanistan
Infographic: Visualizing the Afghanistan Scenarios
Amazing (and huge) infographic. Very cool. From here. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Afghanistan ‘Awakening’
Hmm. US buys a 400,000 tribe for $1 million. (Hey, that’s a better deal than most PMC’s are offering.) Unfortunately…. In exchange for their support, American commanders agreed to channel $1 million in development projects directly to the tribal leaders … Continue reading
Black Globalization Dynamics in California
This Los Angeles Times article does a great job describing how a community can be shaped by drug-based wealth. The exact same dynamic takes hold in Afghanistan, though due to illicit drugs instead of legal. The future of California is, … Continue reading
InfoTransfer and OSCOIN
In itself, bribing the Taliban is a functional component of open source counterinsurgency utilized by the Italians. However, the strategic implications of this so-called “awakening” strategy are still not understood. With multiple keystone actors, information transfer within the strategic architecture is … Continue reading
“…Attacking Hospitals Is Bad…”
Chris is (rightly) not OK with building legitimacy by destroying core infrastructure and destabilizing core governance services. Interfering with a health facilities 1) delegitimizes coalition forces and the Afghan government; damages the health (and therefore economy) of the local population; … Continue reading