VEOs http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en The Decision to Depart and the Defeat of Violent Extremist Organizations http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/decision-depart-and-defeat-violent-extremist-organizations <span>The Decision to Depart and the Defeat of Violent Extremist Organizations</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Sat, 12/29/2018 - 9:37am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">The President made it clear for some time that he is not in favor of these wars. His advisors, Senior Civilians, and Generals had almost two years to figure out how to disengage and they did not get it done. The President probably grew weary of hearing that if we depart, ISIS will resurge in the political vacuum.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/decision-depart-and-defeat-violent-extremist-organizations" rel="tag" title="The Decision to Depart and the Defeat of Violent Extremist Organizations" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The Decision to Depart and the Defeat of Violent Extremist Organizations</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Sat, 29 Dec 2018 14:37:49 +0000 SWJED 111889 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com US Strategic Approach to Africa http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/us-strategic-approach-africa <span>US Strategic Approach to Africa</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Wed, 02/07/2018 - 5:06am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> Africa matters because an unstable Africa is not in the world’s best interest.  To keep Africa stable will require a long-term international effort.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/us-strategic-approach-africa" rel="tag" title="US Strategic Approach to Africa" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about US Strategic Approach to Africa</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/us-strategic-approach-africa#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">23 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1701/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1519311586" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:06:23 +0000 SWJED 85091 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com