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DeM Banter: Lack of vision and strategy, lack of will, lack of money? Washington Post July 7, 2013 Pg. 17 The United States has generally been a great force for the promotion of democracy around the world. But no one should be surprised that President Obama winked at last week’s military coup in Egypt. …
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DeM Banter: more often than not...we simply hurt ourselves...“If you reduce our budget but don’t allow us to reduce forces or reduce deployment around the world, how do you do that?” - Maj. Gen. Mike Holmes Washingtonpost.com July 5, 2013 For an illustration of why the federal government has become so unmanageable, consider the Air …
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DeM Banter: and there you have it... “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” ― Aldous Huxley The industrial revolution shifted the tide of war as the information revolution has as well...has strategy? ForeignPolicy.com July 3, 2013 …
Years ago I heard a pastor speak on defaulting to generosity...and selflessness. Sure, one would expect a pastor to talk of such things--but for some reason those words have stuck with me for years. Why? How many default to generosity...to selflessness.... not many... well, I don't think there are many. I know a few who …
DeM Banter: wait....there's supposed to be a strategy? Who's responsibility is the National Security Strategy from which all other strategies are branched from? See the gear chart... ForeignPolicy.com July 1, 2013 At the cash-strapped Defense Department, the bean counters now have the upper hand. When then U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates began a series of …
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