David Kilcullen with Diane Sawyer

June 22nd, 2010 by zen

Dr. Kilcullen seems to have charmed Diane Sawyer quite handily, who gave a nice plug for his new book Counterinsurgency.

Hat tip to SWJ Blog.

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  1. slapout9:

    June 22nd, 2010 at 12:25 pm

    Don’t know if it means anything but Killcullen was on Rachel Maddow last night and he made it a very distinct point that he has never advised General McChrystal.

  2. zen:

    June 22nd, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    Hi Slap,
    .
    Ouch. McChrystal is now bleeding political capital. In public life, it is a bad sign when ppl begin making "I am not with him" declarations.
    .
    I don’t watch TV but maybe I should start tuning in to this Maddow woman, she seems to have a lot of COIN ppl on with some frequency. Or at least see if her episodes are archived online somewhere.

  3. slapout9:

    June 22nd, 2010 at 3:58 pm

    Hi Zen, here is the clip from the Maddow show. Killcullen starts at about 4 minutes and 20 seconds into the clip.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#37838703

  4. Purpleslog:

    June 22nd, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    Kilcullen TV 24X7

    http://www.hulu.com/search?query=Kilcullen&st=0

  5. Lexington Green:

    June 23rd, 2010 at 2:32 am

    Diane Sawyer looks great for 65.  That’s my main take-away from this.