Stevenson’s army, March 23

I am back from a week in Doha when I wasn’t posting, and Charlie is back from a few days away:

Back at my desktop and partway through the accumulated newspapers, here are some links.

– Stimson has a bunch of reports. I especially liked the “Chimera of Technological Superiority” paper.

– Lots of Iraq reflections [today is the 20th anniversary of the start of the US war]. Reporter John Walcott was right.  As was Jim Fallows.

– A Marine calls for a more family friendly military personnel system

– SAIS prof Ed Joseph sees a Kosovo deal.

– US News said US intell helped India against China.

– Fred Kaplan assesses the Xi-Putin summit. WaPo notes the absence of a pipeline deal.

– Two views on US aid to Ukraine: surprising success or much too slow.

– NYT analyzes DeSantis foreign policy.

– Max Boot sees return to 1930s GOP foreign policy.

– RollCall notes Biden’s high success rate with Congress.

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