Tourism of Cardiff (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Tourism in Juanjui Juanjui jungle city, belonging to the Mariscal Cáceres province of San Martín region in Peru, simple and friendly people, mainly agricultural area where the archaeological remains of the Great Pajaten culture, founded on September 24, 1827 by Spanish captain José Gaspar Lopez Salcedo. Juanjui Islamists was formed by immigrants and later by people...
The Strategist (Free subscription) | yesterday
In essay in Armed Forces Journal (h/t ), William F Owen attacks folk who invent fancy new words to describe existing aspects of conflict...Thus the forces we used to call guerrillas are now “hybrid threats.” Insurgencies are now “complex” and require “complex and adaptive” solutions. Jungles and cities are now “complex terrain.”My pet hate, when it comes to such "buzzwords and bumber...
Big Tent (Free subscription) | yesterday
War isn’t just transforming — it’s ushering in a whole new language to describe conflict, and this language is used in a way that pays little attention to logic or military history. Thus the forces we used to call guerrillas are now “hybrid threats.” Insurgencies are now “complex” and require “complex and adaptive” solutions. Jungles and cities are now “complex terrain.” Put simply, the...
SWJ Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... are now “complex” and require “complex and adaptive” solutions. Jungles and cities are now “complex terrain.” Put simply, the discussion about future conflict is being conducted using buzzwords and bumper stickers. The evidence that the threats of the 21st century are going to be that much different from the threats of the 20th is lacking. Likewise,...
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... now “hybrid threats.” Insurgencies are now “complex” and require “complex and adaptive” solutions. Jungles and cities are now “complex terrain.” Put simply, the discussion about future conflict is being conducted using buzzwords and bumper stickers. The evidence that the threats of the 21st century are going to be that much different from the threats of the 20th is lacking. Likewise,...
Classy Chaos (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... the clouds." I point out how the hundred-year-old trees stand tall in the forest resembling a jungle of city buildings. And so on. My tall tales capture their imaginations and temporarily silence their cries of boredom. Yesterday the mundane ride home turned into a re-cap of our adventures in Poland. Each house became an apartment complex and the sprawling estate on the corner...
