Scott Horton Interviews Kelley B. Vlahos

Scott Horton, May 14, 2009

Kelley B. Vlahos, longtime political reporter for FoxNews.com, discusses her controversial article “Gian Gentile: Exposing Counterfeit COIN,” the enduring myth of the Petraeus “surge” success story, the re-emergence of a counterinsurgency cult devoted to the clear-build-hold doctrine and the prominent role the neoliberal CNAS plays in the Obama administration.

MP3 here. (27:04)

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, a Washington, D.C.-based freelance writer, is a longtime political reporter for FoxNews.com, a contributing editor at The American Conservative magazine and featured Antiwar.com columnist.

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3 Responses to “Kelley B. Vlahos”

  1. Anonymous
    May 15th, 2009 at 6:38 am

    Counterinsurgency cult, not counterintelligence cult.

  2. eCAHNomics
    May 15th, 2009 at 6:50 am

    Best one-liner I’ve heard about coin is: just because there is counterinsurgency strategy, does that mean we should do it?

  3. Scott Horton
    May 15th, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    Anon, thanks. Fixed.

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