Scott Horton Interviews Kelley B. Vlahos
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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.
Anonymous
May 15th, 2009 at 6:38 am
Counterinsurgency cult, not counterintelligence cult.
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?
Scott Horton
May 15th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Anon, thanks. Fixed.