Obama's Afghanistan plan: the warlord factor Nov 14, 2009
Mark Moyar is a professor of national security affairs at the US Marine Corps University and the author of "A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq.". Get Monitor stories by e-mail. (Christian Science Monitor)
Afghan villages to get aid Nov 12, 2009
Mark Moyar, a counterinsurgency expert at the Marine Corps University, said similar efforts in Iraq worked only when U.S. forces "blanketed their cities with a 24/7 presence." He said extra U.S. combat troops were still needed for that to happen in Afghanistan. Posted. (USA Today)
Afghan corruption tough to combat Nov 4, 2009
We ought to be skeptical about promises from Karzai with respect to corruption, said Mark Moyar, professor of national security affairs at US Marine Corps University in Quantico, Va. He has promised to stamp out corruption on many previous occasions, in response to pressure from Afghanistan s foreign patrons, and has consistently failed to deliver. (Boston Globe)
Afghan Stability Improves With More Troops, Canadian Military Chief Says Sep 25, 2009
Current and former U.S. military officials and advisers spoke mostly in favor of a counter-insurgency approach at a Marine Corps University conference in Washington Sept. 23. Faulty Assumption. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
General: Retool Afghan strategy Sep 1, 2009
"The administration doesn't want to be receiving more of those requests, so McChrystal must feel pressure to avoid asking for too many more troops," said Mark Moyar, a counterinsurgency expert at the Marine Corps University. Although most contents of Monday's assessment were not released, military officials involved in its preparation said McChrystal planned to call for an intensified effort to train more Afghan security forces, pump up intelligence-collection efforts and improve how that... (AZCentral -- News)
Hot Market: The Marines Spearhead Recovery in Virginia Jul 17, 2009
Dumphries and Triangle, Virginia are two bedroom towns boarding this base that hosts the Marine Corps University. The two towns have barely a 2-months supply of housing for consumers coming to the Washington, D.C. area, meaning it's a screaming hot sellers market. (RealtyTimes)
North Korea has ransom on its mind Apr 28, 2009
Bruce Bechtol, a former US Marine in Korea and now a professor at the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia, warned of rapid strides made by North Korea while the United States was pressing six-party talks to get the North to abandon the program. Under the circumstances, ransom for the two journalists - and for the Hyundai Asan engineer - might gain their release but accomplish little else. (Asia Times Online)
National Security: U.S. Defenseless Secretary Apr 2, 2009
As U.S. Marine Corps University professor Mark Moyar notes in his history of the conflict, "Triumph Forsaken," President Johnson's generals "favored striking North Vietnam quickly and powerfully," but Johnson "chose to follow the prescriptions of his civilian advisers, who advocated an academic approach that used small doses of force to convey America's resolve without provoking the enemy.". That, according to Moyar, "convinced Hanoi that the Americans would not put up a fight for Vietnam in the... (Investors Business Daily)
Chinks exposed in Obama's Taliban plan Mar 18, 2009
Amin Tarzi, director of the Middle East Studies Program at the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia, wrote in an essay for the 2007 book Taliban and the Crisis in Afghanistan that there was "no evidence of concerted cooperation" between what he called the "neo-Taliban" and al-Qaeda in southern Afghanistan. Some factions in the north and northeast, however, had "resurrected old ties with al-Qaeda" to obtain funds, recruits and technical support, according to Tarzi. (Asia Times Online)
US urges Nato allies must shoulder more responsibility in Afghanistan Feb 19, 2009
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