CNAS and the LA Times fail to give you a list of the best war films ever created. My list probably will bug you. But it’s my list. Dracula, Frankenstein, King Kong and the rest visit LoD today. Boo!

My answer to Ryan Evans. Instead of fighting us, join us. You know that we’re right.

U.S. Army Maj. Mike Few returns to LoD to make a case for a smarter way to identify and fight guerrillas in our wars amongst the people.

A Christmas present to you from LoD: Today a Q&A with Dr. and U.S. Army Col. (ret.) Greg Parlier, author of an important new book on military logistics. We talk supply, TRADOC and the future of the all-volunteer force. Merry Xmas!

Ryan Evans sticks his jim-willy in the mousetrap. Snap! Line of Departure provides a COIN primer to the COIN gurus. Ouch!

Yesterday some important legislation that will help combat veterans got passed. Let’s suspend a moment of cynicism and thank the man who brought it to you.

You question it, so I explain my defense of Andrew Exum as a scholar and a person. No, he’s not a friend. I really don’t know him. But he deserves the praise.

Barno, Exum and Irvine. Sounds like a trio of DC ambulance chasers but they’re really the authors of a new CNAS report. Exum shines through.

LoD goes on the road through Kurdistan and northern Iraq. Some initial thoughts on an Iraq without American troops.

Gadfly Peter J. Munson buzzes Line of Departure again! He asks hard questions about defense spending during a bitter recession. So, do you really need that pinball machine, Joe?