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DeM Banter: love the Sun Tzu quote the author uses below...and we have it posted several times here on the blog. What do we do about it? Interesting we have been saying...we (the US) won in Iraq...history would say...no...you simply retreated from the battlefield. The enemy gets a vote...and he's voting now. This situation demands …
Continue reading "American strategy in Afghanistan flunks Sun Tzu By GIAN GENTILE"
DeM Banter: I wonder how one becomes a "Defense Scholar?" I think I would be a good one...if we could get the global community to agree to get rid of all the Air Forces...that would be great...and then we could get rid of the Navies and the Armies...now if I could only get a nice …
Continue reading "Time to abolish Air Force by James Carroll"
DeM Banter: Â Wow...I gather the current threat (not to mention future ones) of nKorea, Iran, China, and a possibly resurgent Russia would not dictate such a force? Â Decline of Empire? Priorities? Choices? ....ugh.... Nation presses ahead with wholesale upgrade as cracks appear in its value and utility The U.S. spent two generations building a nuclear …
Continue reading "Should the Nuclear Triad Be Saved? By Mark Thompson"
DeM Banter: highly recommend Les McKeown's work...yup, I'll be pondering all three... View Original / inc.com / 24 Nov 13 Do you rise again and again to the very edge of success, only to fall back down? You may be guilty of one of these leadership styles. It's an oft-quoted leadership trope: Because of his …
Continue reading "3 Types of Leaders Who Never Succeed BY LES MCKEOWN"
DeM Banter: Always interesting to get the British perspective... View Original / The spectator As we wear poppies, let's remember we're still a nation that seeks to shape the world — not be shaped by it One remarkable fact of recent years is that even as the veterans of the first world war have died …
DeM Banter: Â Reading about this more and more... and of course it appears to be reflected in the mainstream media as well. Â ...and then it hit me... am I senior leadership? Â I think so... and now I am just mad. Â So what what can we do about this to change it? Â Please ponder that today... …
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DeM Banter: Define Doctrine: a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group. Now...A United States Presidential doctrine comprises the key goals, attitudes, or stances for United States foreign affairs outlined by a President. And stated below...The Obama Doctrine is:  "finding a negotiated end to the Iran confrontation, and creating a separate state for the Palestinians that …
Continue reading "OBAMA’S EVOLVING DOCTRINE By David E. Sanger (w/DeM Banter)"
DeM Banter: Â Powerful words below...but I really wonder if the USAF has an ecosystem that can really support and/or encourage innovation. Â You can not simply just demand an organization to innovate and expect it to happen....leadership must create a space that encourages innovation and creative thinking. Â As we continue to cut people, programs, systems...are we …
Continue reading "AT AFA, USAF SECRETARY CALLS FOR INNOVATION By Aaron Mehta (w/DeM Banter)"
DeM Banter: Â It's all about strategy... or a lack there of. Â If we have not spent the time pondering a strong national security strategy...then everything looks like a crisis. How do we know what is important...what is not...when to engage...when not to? It is time to develop a clear, simple, concise global strategy...no? Â When reading …
Continue reading "ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS ON SYRIA MUDDLED By Zachary A. Goldfarb"
DeM Banter: ...Iraq...not necessarily covered in the mainstream press any longer, but something to pay very close attention to...how do we avoid this? And this with a full ground invasion...using a Libya airpower model in Syria...will it work? Speaking of work...what is success in Syria? And speaking of Libya...things there are not good either...the silence …
Continue reading "Street Killings Underscore Iraq’s Rising Unrest By Adam Schreck"
