Karen Kwiatkowski

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Karen Kwiatkowski is a retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force, who writes on defense policy from a libertarian standpoint.

Before the Iraq War, she worked in Near East South Asia directorate at the Department of Defense and who , of whom she is critical. "observed firsthand the formation of the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans," wrote that she "had a clear sense that [[Abram Shulsky] ranked high in the organization, although ostensibly he was under William Luti. ... Shulsky's real boss was somebody like Douglas Feith or higher" [1]

In 2006, she described the State of Israel's operations in Gaza as carrying out the "Clean Break" strategy proposed by David Wurmser and others. [2]

Education

  • MA in Government from Harvard.
  • MS in Science Management from the University of Alaska.
  • Completed both Air Command and Staff College and the Naval War College seminar programs.
  • Ph.D. in World Politics from Catholic University of America.

References

  1. Karen Kwiatkowski (March 10, 2004), "The New Pentagon Papers", Salon.com
  2. Karen Kwiatkowski (15 July 2006), "Israel Makes Its 'Clean Break'", AntiWar.com