I'll Have What They're Having

Earlier this evening, I was lucky enough to go to a CNAS launch event for Tom Ricks' new book, The Gamble.  While the centerpiece of the evening was undoubtedly the banter between Nagl and Ricks (the Wallace and Davis of COIN?), and getting to meet some really interesting people, there's one important fact to report:

The bar served Cabernet Sauvignon.* I guess we know what side CNAS is taking in the great Counterinsurgency Drink Wars... 

*Okay, and Chardonnay, and a couple beer selections too.