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DeM Banter: Who makes Strategy? Okay, I know... let it go... but as my good friend Bob... Bob Dylan says... "The times, they are a changing..." Washington Times March 15, 2013 Pg. 8 Military officials are reassessing the national defense strategy in light of spending cuts that will force the Pentagon to reduce its budget …
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DeM Banter: interesting times...and that's all I have to say about that.... Boston Globe March 13, 2013 Pg. 11 Showdown reveals a shift in the Republican Party on defense As anyone who has willed himself to pay attention to the latest budget crisis probably knows, the purpose of the "sequestration" -- the $1.2 trillion in …
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DeM Banter: staggering...and what is the US postured to do about it? Not sure....any thoughts. Wall Street Journal March 13, 2013 Pg. 15 The U.S. is under cyber attack from a hostile regime. Forceful American digital counterattacks are in order. In a speech on Monday at the Asia Society in New York, National Security Adviser …
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DeM Banter: can you have a strategic rethink without a strategy? I will need to Google the five think tank reports that rethink fundamental U.S. strategy. Another BUR? Hummmm.... ForeignPolicy.com March 8, 2013 The time for a strategic rethink at the Defense Department has arrived. It is signaled by the third straight year of declining …
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DeM Banter: interesting..but are we not missing the point? Where's the trend line? Who is on the rise and who is in decline? By no means a done deal...but we have to be careful in what we choose to ignore. As my good friend Obi Wan Kenobi used to say "....but, there are alternatives to …
DeM Banter: does this bother anyone else? We really don't know what strategy is anymore...do we? National Security Strategy....really? Do we have one? 90% of all government plans should stem from there...at least on a foreign policy level...although one could argue...THAT is a primary job of the Federal Government and perhaps an NSS would in …
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DeM Banter: Great piece from a bi-partisan group of leaders... remember bi-partisanship? Very fortunate to have met and worked with these stellar gentlemen at Hoover...also where much of the concepts behind the "Quantum Look" strategy in Wondering Where the Lions Are came from. The gotcha line...."It will take leadership, creative approaches and thoughtful understanding of …
New York Times March 5, 2013 SAN DIEGO -- EVERYONE talks about getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan. But what about Germany and Japan? The sequester — $85 billion this year in across-the-board budget cuts, about half of which will come from the Pentagon — gives Americans an opportunity to discuss a question we’ve put …
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DeM Banter: A good conversation to have...too bad we can't do that as a nation. Many poor assumptions below, but that would all come out in a deeper convo... was it wise to cut 30+% after WWII, Vietnam, and the Cold War? We recovered, but it seems in hindsight it might not have been wise. …
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DeM Banter: Important piece here...need to ponder for a couple of days... great question at the end..."And if the future of power lies in disruption and interference, not management and consolidation, can we expect to ever know stability again..." Time to think different... things have shifted...we are just now beginning to comprehend and maybe understand. …
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