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DeM Banter: More powder in the keg....and still scratching my bald head on the pivot to the East...seems as if stability is decreasing vice increasing in the Mid East... Washington Post July 8, 2012 Pg. 17 JERUSALEM--Whatever else that might be said about the Arab revolutions, it's obvious that they pose a problem for Israel. …
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DeMarco Banter: good news, for sure....but the playing field looks a bit light, eh? Love the quote, "Once Americans begin to feel better about the way things are going in the United States, some of their lost confidence in the country's major institutions will likely be restored.". So if you jump in a pool...you'll get …
Continue reading "16 Loved – And Hated – U.S. Institutions By Jan Norman"
Blogger's Note: Interesting to ponder...although it would seem airpower will be in the theater for a long, long time...after all we have been there since 1990...what's a few more decades? New York Times July 7, 2012 Pg. 1 Death stopped Abdul Qayum, a Taliban commander in Afghanistan’s Zabul Province, in a fiery flash and roar. …
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Blogger's Note: Pondering what we have done in the Mid-East and where we are headed in the next decade... seems like a powder keg akin to Europe prior to WWI. SmallWarsJournal.com July 6, 2012 This Week at War Rather than winding down with the planned departure of NATO troops by 2014, the war in Afghanistan …
view original / inc.com / Brian Evje Blogger's Note: Great piece. As I read it... I have to wonder who is telling young leaders about this? How are folks learning this if they are not out there actively seeking such information? This is up to mentors and senior leaders to watch, listen, and explain when we see such …
By J. William DeMarco (sort of) In my usual daily scan of articles, I came across an article about an article.... so in turn--I figured it was time to ponder an article about an article, about an article (stay with me here). The older I get, the more I ponder mentoring, education, and training... sometimes …
View Original / Christopher Swift / Foreign Affairs Blogger's Note: Strong piece, as usual from Foreign Affairs. The author does address some of the deeper and more strategic issues at the end of the article...but the entire drone campaign leaves so many issues that must be addressed...this is a very good piece in addressing the tactical and slightly …
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Wall Street Journal July 5, 2012 With the heart of an infantryman, the president must feel what Churchill called 'stress of soul' for each of the wounded and the dead. In either 2013 or 2017, a new president will take office. The economy notwithstanding, the world will remain a dangerous place, and military intervention may …
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Blogger's Note: singing my song, but what are we doing to train our future leaders on how to create, formulate, and nurture strategic ideas? There are some ASG grads out there, I know....I would have to say we are not doing a great job, further...not sure it is considered a high value ability or commodity. …
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inc.com November 30th Is boring suddenly good...and inspirational bad? Stanford professor Bob Sutton explains what he's learned from hundreds of conversations with Silicon Valley's brightest stars. For Bob Sutton, leadership is not a set of abstract principles and behaviors but an expression of human comedy and tragedy. The Stanford professor knows the academic research, but …
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