DeM Banter: Interesting piece. A couple thoughts, if we assume RPAs are the scalpel of warfare, we can then assume we will see more drones employed. We are hearing UAE will purchase several "unarmed" Predators...of course these can be modified... news reports the Chinese using drones to hunt drug dealers in China with armed drones. …
MORE Collaboration: and..More DeMarco Banter
It has been several years now that I have been interested in pulling apart the Crisis, Complexity and Confusion (C3) we increasingly find ourselves living in. About the best I have come up with in doing so is to engage in Communication, Collaboration, and Creative thinking (3Cs). I see much of the C3 in the …
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The Looming Certainty Of A Cyber Pearl Harbor By Peter Hoekstra
DeM Banter: always love a good historical analogy...this is a good one. Welcome to the information revolution and the new lines of logistics... Politico.com February 19, 2013 Opinion Contributor To state the painfully obvious, Washington is not a town filled with much unanimity these days. But on one subject there is common ground: the recognition …
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Pentagon Budget Stuck In Last Century As Warfare Changes By Gopal Ratnam
DeM Banter: “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” -SunTzu Great points below...Col (ret) Andrew Bacevich points out...“There’s a fundamental need to have a conversation about what kind of military we need to have and what we should expect it to do.” The cuts in …
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Are you a High Maintenance Leader? A bit of DeMarco Banter…
We all have probably used the term High Maintenance in reference to a friend, a sibling, a girlfriend/boyfriend...but what about leaders? What about yourself? I came across an interesting article in Forbes by Cheryl Conner that lays out 13 traits of high maintenance people...and I immediately thought of several General Officers, former bosses...and then I …
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Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity [abstract] by Samuel P. Huntington
DeM Banter: I have read many of Huntington's books, but just recently came across this one (as mentioned in an earlier post). "Who Are We?" was published just four years before Dr Huntington's passing... and as you will note below...was a bit controversial--as were many of his other books. Honestly at times it is disturbing how …
LOOMING DEFENCE CUTS THREATEN GLOBAL SECURITY By Michael Richardson
DeM Banter: It is interesting that we have to look to overseas news outlets for the best reporting on American issues. The politics of this issue are blinding many to the facts... the DoD might be screaming... they might be getting blamed for not planning...but no matter how you slice and dice it... there will be impacts …
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2 Kinds of Leadership: Are You a Steve Jobs or a Jack Welch?
DeM Banter: Nice article ... although I still look at the two leadership types as "Greater Good" and "Personal Power," but I do like the incremental vs disruptive leader as well. Wonder how to parse those? I think one could put those together..but could you have a Personal Power / Disruptive Leader? It might seem …
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GAUGING THE NUCLEAR THREAT: ‘WE CAN GREATLY DIMINISH THE RISK’ By Markus Becker
DeM Banter: All respect in the world for Sen Nunn...but he seems to believe everything is pretty okay...not sure I buy that. Really, if we just ponder... are we safer in the nuclear realm today... or were we safer 8-10, heck 20 years ago? Welcome to the Info Revolution...data, comm, info is there for the …
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ASKING FOR DEFENSE CUTS By Ralph Peters
DeM Banter: Ya gotta love reading Ralph Peters. Can’t agree with all his points, but he will get your blood flowing on a Saturday AM. It was not just Congress that voted for this… it was the Legislative and the Executive Branches that authored and voted for it….further, we can’t forget the military serves civilian …
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