Well, what do you think about William Lind? A huge Bush administration critic, the man who helped create the concept of generational warfare, and a voice of reason in warfare. All in all, I think Lew Rockwell needs to keep hosting his articles.


Linkage: http://www.lewrockwell.com/lind/lind-arch.html

Side note:Check out Humberto Fontova. He's a sportsman from Cuba who settled in Louisiana, and pretty funny. His articles for the LA Sportsman are always a hoot.

I skimmed thru a few articles. Although I believe some of his opinions hold true, there are others that spin the truth. He said that things in Iraq were worse than what the media reported, citing troops he talked with. Were they affiliated with moveon.org? His article named National Guardsmen Diserting, wouldn't you? definately spinned things to be much worse than they really are. Lastly, he lacks a level of detail that I prefer. In my opinion, read on but take his words with a grain of salt.

Deerslayer, are you aware of Max Boot. He's a member of the Council on Foriegn Relations, wrote a few good books and writes a colulm for the LA Times. Read more about him in the link below, which has links to his column. Let me know what you think.

http://www.cfr.org/bios/5641/max_boot.html

Well, you're right Doody, take anything with a grain of salt (many media sources with the entire shaker). I don't know that he's involved with moveon.org. Lind did a lot of good for the Marine Corps in association with some colonels and a LC back in '89, when these men published a paper on coming warfare that was (surprise!) largely ignored by Washington. Their ideas ended up having a major impact on USMC doctrine.

I'm not familiar with Max Boot, but I'll look into it when I get the chance. Always nice to have more writers in the "Bookmarks" toolbar.

http://www.lewrockwell.com

AFAIK it is a far left wing media outlet!

Biased and Dangerous

From the articles I've read (mostly Lind and Fontova), a efw of these guys stand to the right of Atilla the Hun. Fontova, I KNOW is right-wing. Take a look at anything in the LA Sportsman and you'll figure that one out. As far as any of the other authors, I'm not sure about their political affiliation.

It's not a bad thing to read an article or book from anyone who may be considered an evil political opponent in your eyes. As I said, there will be points that are valid, points that are questionable and points that are dead wrong.

In the case of Mr. Lind, he's got some valid points...unless you believe that the military operations, past and present, in Iraq were ran perfectly.

Phoenix80,

If you can't stand liberal media, read some of these articles with a grain of salt. Know thine enemy IMHO it can be beneficial to see both sides of a story, then dissect it and piece together what you can of it. In the process you usually form from insight your own opinions that aren't in line with media sources.

My two cents on this is that Lind is a politician through and through, not a soldier. He understands politics but SFA about combat and war. I am far more interested and give a great deal more weight to exit strategies and criticism and critiques posed by true warriors that have been there and done that not sat on the sidelines and watched. BUT it is important to take in as many points of view as possible and weigh them on their merits.

I agree with you to a certain extent. But let's not forget that Lind actually DID have military service, DID develop the USMC's current doctrine concerning guerilla tactics, and, IIRC, DID attempt to prevent the political martyrdom of compatriot Mike Wyly. A politician, but one with noble actions, as the latter displays. Then again, I have a great deal of trouble respecting a politician of any caliber, so this may just be a mistake or fluke on my part

Aye but he is talking beyond the scope of his own experience. Were he one of the commanding generals of the British forces that quelled the Malay rebellion I would listen with far more respect given to his words. Unfortunately Mr. Lind has no proven track record on the subjects he spouts forth with purported expertise even if his heart is in the right place. Yes he helped developed a theory but in point of fact very few theories pan out well in the real world. I am far more interested in the men like I said who have been there and done that, themselves. It is one thing to know something through mental faculties and quite another to know something experientially.