Category: Strategy/Policy

DeM Banter: hummmm, not like we didn't see this coming. Wonder how it will all come to rest? Always interesting to watch... New York Post December 10, 2012 Pg. 29 While President Obama and Republicans fight over tax hikes and entitlements, another part of the fiscal cliff goes undiscussed — even though they’re supposedly in …

Continue reading "Gutting US Defense The other fiscal-cliff fallout By Arthur Herman"

DeM Banter: Death Star? Los Angeles Times December 11, 2012 Pg. B4 Air Force offers few details about mission, the third launch of an X-37B craft into orbit. An experimental robotic space plane developed for the Air Force is slated to be launched Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Fla., fueling an ongoing mystery about its hush-hush …

Continue reading "Another Secretive Drone Set For Space By W.J. Hennigan"

DeM Banter:  Food for thought...but is it really about the"targeted killings" or is it about the  "undefined war with a limitless battlefield?" Further... what is the future cost of the  "undefined war with a limitless battlefield?" It would appear that war has changed...America's enemy "resembles a network, not a nation." In that light...is America justified to attack …

Continue reading "NEW TACTICS FOR WAR’S NEW FACE By George F. Will"

DeM Banter: Not sure what to say about this... some good points...some I am scratching my bald head over. What do you think? Washington Post December 7, 2012 Pg. 25 As we debate whether the two parties can ever come together and get things done, here’s something President Obama could probably do by himself that …

Continue reading "Time To Terminate The War On Terror By Fareed Zakaria"

DeM Banter: Interesting piece...pulling on some earlier DeMarco Banter...that there is no catalyst as of yet to make this an issue... but as China develops their systems for possible use... and subsequently deploys said assets--perhaps dialog will begin...maybe.... New York Daily News December 6, 2012 Pg. 36 The public has a right to know far …

Continue reading "A Drone Strike On Democracy By James Joyner"

DeM Banter: I can't tell you how many times I heard the technology just would not be there...well, it's getting there... Wondering Where The Lions Are.... Wall Street Journal December 7, 2012 Pg. 15 Historically, defensive measures lag behind offensive capabilities. Not so with Israel's new antimissile system. Two hundred years ago, during the War …

Continue reading "The Iron Dome Military Revolution By Michael Oren"