Ten days ago, when I was too overwhelmed with work to comment, Brookings scholar Michael O’Hanlon and his researchers published an op-chart in the New York Times with statistics on how we’re doing in Afpakiraq. Many of the numbers seem to show improvement in our war operations, but under closer examination, they tend to reveal [...]
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Op-Charts
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Apr
8
Why the Apache Helicopter Video Should Disgust
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Over at Psychology Today, I critique Benedict Carey’s absurd rationalization of our soldiers’ conduct in the Apache massacre video recently published by Wikileaks.
UPDATE: Dr. Bret Moore, the former army psychologist quoted first in Carey’s New York Times article, takes on yours truly in the comments section. I gave him a hearty response. Care to come [...]
