DeM Banter: Sounds like there are many assumptions here that may indeed prove false...how many times in the past century and a half have we correctly predicted the next conflict? Planning is important however...there is a fine line between planning, funding, and execution. Eisenhower is famous for saying..."Plans are nothing; planning is everything." Washington Post …
Colin Powell’s 13 Rules of Leadership
view original / .com Aug 1st 2012 DeM Banter: huge Colin Powell fan.... 2007 Summit speaker Colin Powell has learned tough lessons in his career as a 4-Star general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor, and former US Secretary of State. In his new memoir It Worked For Me: In Life …
Study Criticizes Pentagon Over Its Plans For A Greater Focus On Asia By Thom Shanker
DeM Banter: It took a CSIS Study? New York Times August 1, 2012 WASHINGTON — An independent review assessing the Obama administration’s plans to move national security resources toward Asia and away from the Atlantic has criticized the Pentagon, saying it insufficiently explained how it would shift military forces to the region and how the …