SmallWarsJournal.com March 2, 2012 This Week at War To compel Iran to fold, President Obama may have to back Israel's play. Will Obama go all in or cash out? I also highlight a debate at El Centro, Small Wars Journal's new Latin America venture. Persian Poker On March 5, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with …
Top U.S. Admiral: Arming The Syrian Rebels Would Help Oust Assad
The Cable (thecable.foreignpolicy.com) March 2, 2012 By Josh Rogin If the international community gave the Syrian rebels arms, communications equipment, and intelligence, that would help speed PresidentBashar al-Assad's removal from power, the top U.S. military official in Europe said Thursday. Navy Admiral James Stavridis, Commander of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander-Europe, told the …
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Syria Splits Along Sectarian Lines, Shaking Mideast
McClatchy Newspapers (mcclatchydc.com) March 2, 2012 By David Enders and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers NEAR QUSAYR, Syria — Resting in a safe house south of the shell-battered city of Homs, Syrian rebel Abu Abdo at first framed the conflict convulsing his country as a war between the Sunni Muslim majority and the authoritarian regime …
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A Refresher on 7 Laws and Theories Worth Remembering by Rajesh Setty
You would have heard of these laws and theories from someone sometime. So, this is going to be a quick refresher 1. Pareto’s Law (also known as the 80/20 rule): The 80/20 Rule means that in anything a few (20 percent) are vital and many(80 percent) are trivial. In 1906, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto created …
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Panetta: Sequestration Planning Could Begin This Summer By Kate Brannen
DefenseNews.com February 29, 2012 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told lawmakers that the Pentagon would begin planning for the potential automatic spending cuts that would come with sequestration this summer if Congress does not act before then. Speaking at a Feb. 29 House Budget Committee hearing, Panetta said the Pentagon was not doing any planning now …
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There Be Dragons By Thomas L. Friedman
New York Times February 29, 2012 In medieval times, areas known to be dangerous or uncharted were often labeled on maps with the warning: “Beware, here be dragons.” That is surely how mapmakers would be labeling the whole Middle East today. After the onset of the Arab awakenings, it was reasonable to be, at worst, …
Senators Clash Over Idea Of More Pentagon Cuts
Yahoo.com February 28, 2012 By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Leading senators on the Budget Committee clashed Tuesday over whether the Pentagon could bear even deeper budget cuts, with defense officials warning that additional reductions would hit jobs across the 50 states and affect national security. Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad, the committee chairman, …
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Afghanistan: The Death of a Strategy
By Anthony H. Cordesman Feb 27, 2012 It is always tempting to ride the headlines and focus on events like the marines urinating on a Taliban corpse, the burning of the Qur’ans, and the attacks on U.S. and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel that have followed in even the most secure and best-vetted facilities. …
The 10 Best Places for Military Retirees to Launch Second Careers (repost)
by Ho Lin @ Military.com (Blogger's note: Boy, I don't know about you, but this is a tough list to get real excited about) A career in the military hones certain skill sets and talents, but where are the best places to take those talents once you're out of the military? To coin a phrase …
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Innovation Strategy Lessons from Moneyball by Mike Brown
We don’t see many movies, but recently watched Moneyball, nominated for six Academy Awards, on DVD. To be accurate, I watched Moneyball multiple times. The first viewing was because I was intrigued by the movie’s story, especially since I missed seeing Oakland A’s general manager, and subject of the movie, Billy Beane speak at The Market Research Event several …
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