WASHINGTON’S STRATEGY VACUUM By Anne Applebaum (w/DeMarco Banter)

DeM Banter:  So the more things change...  This was something we spent an agonizingly long time working in the 2008-10 timeframe. We drafted a white paper on the subject...There were some very good thoughts on how to synergize the inter-agency, but the actual appetite to place bodies against the requirement just really was not there. …

SAT Scores Make The Leader! What….are you kidding me? DeMarco Banter…

This has been an ongoing discussion in our country for some time now, and it continues to be a debate at work as well. In the military, our goal is to produce leaders for America.  Not academics, not test takers, not “hoop jumpers”, but leaders. The USAF Officer Training School (OTS) and Reserve Officer Training …

AMERICAN POWER IN THE 21ST CENTURY WILL BE DEFINED BY THE ‘RISE OF THE REST’ By Joseph S. Nye Jr.

DeM Banter:  Big Dr Nye fan...but does this sound like wishful thinking and rationalization to anyone else?   There is one statement below that all of this hinges on: "....if our leaders follow smart strategies." Do we even have a strategy...dumb or smart?  Therein lies both the question... and the answer...   Washingtonpost.com June 28, …