DeM Banter: This from the same author of "Military Entitlements Are Killing Readiness"...yes, I can see the difference, but we have serious issues due to a lack of thought, strategy, and now funding...but we have been caught in a strategic drift for quite some time now...this is nothing new, but now the funding has caught …
It Isn’t Military ‘Entitlements’ That Kill Readiness: Letters to the Editors
DeM Banter: similar thoughts on the blog at the link below...it's all about Blood and Treasure. Wall Street Journal August 5, 2013 Pg. 12 Military "entitlements" aren't what's hurting military readiness; military pay and benefits are hardly generous. Regarding Mackenzie Eaglen and Michael O'Hanlon's "Military Entitlements Are Killing Readiness" (op-ed, July 26): We veterans, who …
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Regrouped Al Qaeda Poses Global Threat By Adam Entous (and a little DeMarco Banter)
DeM Banter: Interesting we say..."The deaths of Osama bin Laden and other top al Qaeda officials in Pakistan has fueled U.S. confidence that al Qaeda's core leadership can't mount attacks on the U.S. and that U.S. drone strikes there could be phased out over time. " I wonder what model of leadership we are using …
Choosing to Cheat: Thoughts by Andy Stanley, written by John Maxwell
DeM Banter: Whew...came by this through a strange web... working on notes for a class this AM--notes that were passed via Andy Christiansen...from a class taught by John Woodall....who mentioned the concept of "Choosing to Cheat." A quick Google search finds an article on Stanley's message by John Maxwell...hummm.... it's all connected. So do you …
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Army Chief Of Staff: Leaner Military Will Have More Expertise By Walter Pincus
DeM Banter: Haven't we seen this show before...I believe it was an early to mid-1990s sit-com. We would all have a specialized regions--that did not go so well when one region demanded all our attention. It does look darn nice on paper though. Further, recruiting and retention is not an issue now that the economy …
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Few Good Choices For U.S. In Mideast By Gerald F. Seib
DeM Banter: So is it better to be engaged early? Or later? To watch...or engage? Right now...there are no good options... so did we miss our opportunity or was there never an opportunity. Interesting times.... Wall Street Journal July 30, 2013 Pg. 4 Capital Journal The Middle East has a tendency to eat up American …
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Washington’s Strategic Choices Weighing Cuts Vs. Risks: Defense News
DeM Banter: Well said... I just wish I knew who said it. Choices, planning... strategy...not reaction. Of course.. that requires leadership...not sure who is leading anymore... Defense News July 29, 2013 Pg. 20 The central feature of the Pentagon's Strategic Choices and Management Review is to show, with brutal clarity, exactly what capabilities the United …
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Pakistan: U.S. Drone Kills Five: AP PLUS amazing info graphic “Out of Sight, Out of Mind”
<a href="https://m100group.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130729-062903.jpg">DeM Banter: THE best data visualisations are the products of a desperate, raw urgency to inform. That power is packed in the punch of Pitch Interactive, an interactive design firm in Berkeley, California. On March 25th it released a sophisticated visualisation of American drone attacks, entitled "Out of sight, out of mind." I came …
30 Outdated Leadership Practices Holding Your Company Back by Mike Myatt
DeM Banter: huge Mike Myatt fan...check out the article: VIEW ORIGINAL from Forbes
What is the Enemy of Freedom? DeMarco Banter
Freedom? Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting. -Alan Dean Foster Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. -Dwight D. Eisenhower It’s important to ask ourselves …
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