A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics
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January 18, 2008Army Loses One Of Its BestJohn Nagl, coauthor of the new Army COIN manual, has resigned, bound for the friendlier waters of a centrist leftie think tank. I bet plenty of people he showed up and made nervous are less than unhappy about this. But this is a tragedy for the Army. As we saw in Iraq, and beforehand in the Vietnam he wrote about, clueful and historically clued-in senior leadership is essential to understand that, look, military occupations are simply a part of what militaries do and as needed as battles. Now he won't be there as a general to know which way is up in the next crises. One of the articles in the blogburst hopes he can join the likely next Democratic administration with some Pentagon responsibility. Me, too. Posted by Jon Kay at January 18, 2008 01:51 AMComments
Even worse, there seems to be a pattern emerging. The Army is breaking, and not just from over-stress on the troops. As Tilghman notes, lost high-quality junior officers are going to be a problem for the Army going forward. Posted by: wj at January 18, 2008 10:58 AMPlease post a comment
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