DeM Banter: Perhaps true... albeit a stretch...but the real question is why? Why is..."the Cold War is back: [and] We are once again dealing with a Russian government that sees the world ideologically, in black and white. What's bad for us is good for them, and vice versa." Thoughts? Washington Post June 27, 2013 Pg. …
If The U.S. Nabs Snowden …Chicago Tribune Editorial
DeM Banter... anybody else see a movie here.... or a drone strike? June 25, 2013 Pg. 14 How his punishment should be calculated By Editorial Edward Snowden is doing his best to avoid falling into the hands of U.S. law enforcement, and he's not pretending he did nothing illegal. He has admitted disclosing classified secrets …
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America’s No-Fly Zones Are Already In Place By David A. Deptula
DeM Banter: AMEN! You just have to love Gen Deptula...straight to the point... we have been talking this for a good while at the m100Group...how do we set up a no fly zone when we have 30% of our combat fleet grounded...and still have combat forces in the AOR... it seems there is little connectivity …
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AMERICA CAN TAKE A BREATHER. AND IT SHOULD. By Richard N. Haass
DeM Banter: I was fortunate to have lunch with Richard Haas while at Stanford--amazing man. Agree with 99.72% of the comments below, but...what is stellar...this is the beginning of an American National Security Strategy. I know that Quantum Look is just a bent DeMarco Plan...but if one were to parse that against what Haas is …
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Theme Song Leadership, What’s Yours? DeMarco Banter…
If Harvard's Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr., can offer a course in Leadership in Literature to the school’s MBA students--I propose there is value in the concept of leadership through theme songs. In recent years, Badaracco has also led discussions about serious literary fiction with executives at Harvard's Business School. Badaracco uses literature to provide his students with …
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THE SEQUESTER’S BITE By David Ignatius
DeM Banter: I thought it was just me... good to see David gets it as well... Washingtonpost.com June 21, 2013 For people (like me) who worry that the U.S. government is becoming dysfunctional, it's worth studying the subtle and largely hidden effects of sequestration on the military and other agencies. What's happening is the slow-motion …
The New Triad: By Adm. James Stavridis
DeM Banter: surprised we are not hearing more about this...my gut, it's going to haunt us... ForeignPolicy.com June 20, 2013 It's time to found a U.S. Cyber Force. Throughout the long decades of my military career, the backbone of U.S. national security was the "strategic triad" of delivery systems for nuclear weapons: ballistic-missile submarines and …
Russian Air Power Makes A Splash At Paris Air Show By Daniel Michaels
DeM Banter: After recently speaking with several NASA Astronauts here at OTS... it was sad to realize we now rely on the Russians to get our astronauts into space. Now the Russians dominate tech at the Paris Airshow... all I can think is... HEY, that used to be us...(great book by Friedman but the way) …
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The Force of Ruach: DeMarco Banter and trivia for the day…
"It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together" -Obi Wan Kenobi Recently I was introduced to the concept of ruach while doing research for a class I was teaching. The idea that God is the source of the very oneness and connectivity of the universe, like electricity that powers everything... Ruach, pronounced …
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An Ends-Means Gap By Fareed Zakaria
DeM Banter: Any article that mentions Samuel Huntington, Maj. Gen. H.R. McMaster, and Machiavelli in the same piece... must be good. Interesting take and I really would like to believe the last paragraph, but my fear is reality lies in the first couple of paragraphs. This is indeed a Ends-Means Gap... but what about the …
