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DeM Banter: nice piece from Gen Deptula...I would have to offer EBO is about dead...killed several times over, the concept in and of itself may not be totally wrong, but the term has way too much baggage. Not sure we need the Airpower barb at the end either...but minor points to an excellent piece on …
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ForeignPolicy.com October 1, 2012 The AfPak Channel Afghanistan provides all too many examples of the wisdom of Winston Churchill's saying "those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it." Great Britain forgot the hard-learned lessons from the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42) and got caught in the misadventure of the Second Anglo-Afghan War …
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DeM Banter: issues today for sure, but ponder where this issue could be in 5 years, now overlay that over the global landscape and what that might look like in the same timeframe. What will the counter measures to RPAs look like? Will the advantage these systems offer still be there? How will they morph? …
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DeM Banter: Options? Aviation Week & Space Technology October 1, 2012 Pg. 26 Washington Aerial bombing of Iran's nuclear and missile programs offers little political, deterrent or military value. That judgment encompasses bombing raids by either Israel or the U.S., contend a growing number of U.S. analysts. There is evidence that patience on the part …
DeM Banter: I have been pondering a reading list for quite some time. Several folks have asked for the top 5-10 leadership books and I always enjoy asking people..."What are you reading now?" I threw a few books down on paper and then came across West Point's Top 10 Military Classics. Of course this …
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DeM Banter: So many issues to consider here...of course we all wish it were black and white, but live in the gray... not only do we need to ponder the 3rd and 4th order effects, we need to take it out to the 10th. Amazed we don't hear more about national security from the candidates.... …
blogs.hbr.org / view original DeM Banter: Still a bit frustrated that we still don't seem to "get it," we still hang on to the ways of the not so distant past...but that too shall pass...we need to embrace and guide the future. When I say, "Social is and can be more than media," people resist. It's as …
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DeM Banter: always interesting...can our "strategy" and doctrine keep up? What about our JAGs? Who writes, arbitrates, and establishes laws for such equipment and capability? Agence France-Presse September 28, 2012 The US military's current fleet of drones will soon be overtaken by a new wave of robots that will be faster, stealthier and smarter -- …
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DeM Banter: ....profound....as Sgt Raab says..."This is uncomfortable, isn’t it? Then I guess we’d better start talking....." At War (NYTimes.com) September 27, 2012 Sometimes we think it’s better to linger in silence, hoping that our problems will go away. But when we don’t talk about our problems, they get worse. And we get worse, too …
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DeM Banter: Absolutely love this stuff... but we have been hearing it for so long and nothing seems to move...and we have to continually adjust for reality and budgets. Is this a concept shaped by a threat or is it a strategy shaped by budget? Only ask, because those two end states will look very …
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