Category: Strategy/Policy

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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 …

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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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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 …

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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. …

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Military Entitlements Are Killing Readiness (w/DeMarco Banter) By Mackenzie Eaglen and Michael O’Hanlon

DeM Banter: Still processing this one... about 5 years ago, I recall talking with Sundie and saying that the military was soon to become the nouveau riche--not that we are mind you...but the sights were beginning to be pointed at the active duty military and their benefits as the war in Iraq was winding down. …

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