Keep in mind the ISW is literally a neocon think tank with Bill Kristol on the Board and leading the charge as Director. For anybody who doesn't know, Bill Kristol is perhaps the biggest warmonger alive, next to Kissinger. He is the neocon kingmaker.

Understandingwar.org should be viewed only through the lens that these are the same people who were cheerleading the 20 year debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan.