DeM Banter: and the answer is? ForeignPolicy.com October 26, 2012 Washington calls them "regional" missile defenses, but Russian and China see a strategic threat brewing. To counter missile programs in Iran and North Korea, the United States is expanding missile defense capabilities in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. So far, the United States has …
Defense Industry Must Embrace ‘New Normal’ By Charles F. Wald
DeM Banter: I'm sure each one of these ideas is a paper or a book all on to itself...the concepts are all great, but they all cost money. There is an initial startup fee that must be paid for each...so spending would actually spike before it would actually come down (probably). The other disturbing issue...this …
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Our War-Weary Nation By David Ignatius
DeM Banter: Once again... pondering what this looks like in 5 years.... Washington Post October 25, 2012 Pg. 19 There are moments when you can glimpse an emerging bipartisan consensus on foreign policy, and Monday night’s presidential debate was one of them: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney knew they were speaking to a war-weary country …
A Game Of Battleship? WSJ Editorial
DeM Banter: Again... interesting what sticks after the debate...and how things (on both sides) can be said with little not no impact... we have been talking about the pivot for a long time on the blog, but there is really no way to pivot and protect sea lanes with an extremely small Navy. Strategy is …
Nelson, Trafalgar and the Meaning of Victory by Andrew Lambert
View Original / Andrew Lambert / History Today DeM Banter: Where are the Lord Nelsons today? Another thing to ponder...has America already seen her Trafalgar? The British Empire dominated the seas for so many decades...perhaps greater than a century...and then there was Jutland. Was that the beginning of the end for the British at sea? …
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Will America’s Addiction to Drone Strikes Backfire? By David L. Knoll
View Original DeM Banter: initially excited to read the headline, but a tad underwhelmed by the piece. So why post? Good points and facts, maybe I'm too harsh. Pretty sure I will come back to this at some point. Any thoughts? October 23, 2012/The Diplomat In the first Persian Gulf War, a small group of …
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Joint Forces Staff College Reading List: Lessons from the Past
View Original DeM Banter: Another great reading list from a historical perspective What is a Hero?: The American Heroes Press Short Story Anthology Hi Tech Criminal Justice More Info The Military Writers 2009 Book of the Year. Once a Marine: An Iraq War Tank Commander's Inspirational Memoir of Combat, Courage, and Recovery Nick Popaditch More …
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Military Culture and its Implication for the Future Force by Peter J. Munson
smallwarsjournal.com / view original DeM Banter:  Great thought piece... with some stellar links to other powerful articles.  This is really the sort of stuff we need to be sifting through now...thoughts? For an organization facing a period of significant transition, during a time of continued resource advantage and undefined threat, coming on the heels of the traumatic …
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Why We Can’t Afford To Lose In Afghanistan By John A. Nagl
DeM Banter: a fan of Nagl...although I know some are not. Valid points although very Army centric, and perhaps to be expected, not sure I see much of an argument...except stay. So, is he arguing for...or against the 2014 date set by the Administration? I have not had enough coffee yet this AM, could be …
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US Army Motto: See No (Islamist) Evil By Arthur Herman
DeM Banter: enemy might be too harsh...maybe we should go with "know the people who might be mean to you." A graduate of said school...don't even recall the elective stirring debate or convo...but the mind does indeed go. There are always three sides to any two sided story. Anyone out there take LtCol Dooley's course? …
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