Comments on: Missing Subtext, Or Puff the Magic Generals! http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/26/missing-subtext-or-puff-the-magic-generals/ All Central Asia, All The Time Fri, 25 May 2012 20:24:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David M http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/26/missing-subtext-or-puff-the-magic-generals/comment-page-1/#comment-381936 David M Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:39:44 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=9304#comment-381936 The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post <a href="http://www.thunderrun.us/2009/08/from-front-08272009.html" rel="nofollow">From the Front: 08/27/2009 </a> News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front. The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 08/27/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

]]> By: anand http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/26/missing-subtext-or-puff-the-magic-generals/comment-page-1/#comment-381911 anand Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:05:51 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=9304#comment-381911 Glad that I am not the only one thinking these things ;-) Can I please add to the confusion, with some more ambiguously meaningful "ANALYSIS." (if everyone else can give ambiguously relevant analysis, so can I ;-) ) There seem to be three different strategies . . . on three different planets: 1) Short term "TRIAGE" or improvement in security (McChrystal, Abu Muqawama and most of the press) 2) Medium term Afghan capacity building (CSTC-A, OMLTs, TTs, civilian advisors to GIRoA civilian agencies) 3) Long term economic development (UNAMA's planet, and the planet that NGOs, Japan's, India's, Germany's, EU's and many other international aid agencies live on) Whence will the three planets meet? "Even the (in)famous CNAS Triage paper simply advocated the use of civilians, with no understanding of the political briar patch of, say, coopting NGOs into a military base." How about hire a civilian surge from China, India and Indonesia? Count me dumb stupid, but might they not be better and more cost effective than the NGO industrial complex? Glad that I am not the only one thinking these things ;-)

Can I please add to the confusion, with some more ambiguously meaningful “ANALYSIS.” (if everyone else can give ambiguously relevant analysis, so can I ;-) ) There seem to be three different strategies . . . on three different planets:
1) Short term “TRIAGE” or improvement in security (McChrystal, Abu Muqawama and most of the press)
2) Medium term Afghan capacity building (CSTC-A, OMLTs, TTs, civilian advisors to GIRoA civilian agencies)
3) Long term economic development (UNAMA’s planet, and the planet that NGOs, Japan’s, India’s, Germany’s, EU’s and many other international aid agencies live on)

Whence will the three planets meet?

“Even the (in)famous CNAS Triage paper simply advocated the use of civilians, with no understanding of the political briar patch of, say, coopting NGOs into a military base.” How about hire a civilian surge from China, India and Indonesia? Count me dumb stupid, but might they not be better and more cost effective than the NGO industrial complex?

]]> By: steve http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/26/missing-subtext-or-puff-the-magic-generals/comment-page-1/#comment-381894 steve Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:29:32 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=9304#comment-381894 hang in there dude! i know it must be difficult to point out assinine 'analysis' 24/7 while the whole effort circles the drain in afghanistan. i appreciate the shiny little needle you bring to this ridiculous balloon party. hang in there dude! i know it must be difficult to point out assinine ‘analysis’ 24/7 while the whole effort circles the drain in afghanistan. i appreciate the shiny little needle you bring to this ridiculous balloon party.

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