DeM Banter: and there you have it... “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” ― Aldous Huxley The industrial revolution shifted the tide of war as the information revolution has as well...has strategy? ForeignPolicy.com July 3, 2013 …
Giving it all away… DeMarco Banter
Years ago I heard a pastor speak on defaulting to generosity...and selflessness. Sure, one would expect a pastor to talk of such things--but for some reason those words have stuck with me for years. Why? How many default to generosity...to selflessness.... not many... well, I don't think there are many. I know a few who …
Has The Pentagon’s Strategy Shop Gone MIA? By Gordon Lubold
DeM Banter: wait....there's supposed to be a strategy? Who's responsibility is the National Security Strategy from which all other strategies are branched from? See the gear chart... ForeignPolicy.com July 1, 2013 At the cash-strapped Defense Department, the bean counters now have the upper hand. When then U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates began a series of …
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TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS By Thomas L. Friedman
DeM Banter: So is this a leadership issue? A lack of vision? Leaders that are all about their personal power and not about the greater good of their people? Or is that just too simplistic? But... I am a simple man.... New York Times June 30, 2013 Pg. SR11 THE former C.I.A. analyst Paul …
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AMERICAN POWER IN THE 21ST CENTURY WILL BE DEFINED BY THE ‘RISE OF THE REST’ By Joseph S. Nye Jr.
DeM Banter: Big Dr Nye fan...but does this sound like wishful thinking and rationalization to anyone else? There is one statement below that all of this hinges on: "....if our leaders follow smart strategies." Do we even have a strategy...dumb or smart? Therein lies both the question... and the answer... Washingtonpost.com June 28, …
Don’t Call It Isolationism America’s not retreating — it’s just going undercover. By Gordon Adams
DeM Banter: BPC or BP... or Partnership Strategy... call it what you will--there is value if it is done correctly and part of a larger strategy. Where is the larger strategy? It is expensive as well... and requires Whole of Government or Interagency Planning...my work and knowledge is dated, but trying to get anything interagency …
Back To The Cold War By Anne Applebaum
DeM Banter: Perhaps true... albeit a stretch...but the real question is why? Why is..."the Cold War is back: [and] We are once again dealing with a Russian government that sees the world ideologically, in black and white. What's bad for us is good for them, and vice versa." Thoughts? Washington Post June 27, 2013 Pg. …
If The U.S. Nabs Snowden …Chicago Tribune Editorial
DeM Banter... anybody else see a movie here.... or a drone strike? June 25, 2013 Pg. 14 How his punishment should be calculated By Editorial Edward Snowden is doing his best to avoid falling into the hands of U.S. law enforcement, and he's not pretending he did nothing illegal. He has admitted disclosing classified secrets …
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America’s No-Fly Zones Are Already In Place By David A. Deptula
DeM Banter: AMEN! You just have to love Gen Deptula...straight to the point... we have been talking this for a good while at the m100Group...how do we set up a no fly zone when we have 30% of our combat fleet grounded...and still have combat forces in the AOR... it seems there is little connectivity …
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AMERICA CAN TAKE A BREATHER. AND IT SHOULD. By Richard N. Haass
DeM Banter: I was fortunate to have lunch with Richard Haas while at Stanford--amazing man. Agree with 99.72% of the comments below, but...what is stellar...this is the beginning of an American National Security Strategy. I know that Quantum Look is just a bent DeMarco Plan...but if one were to parse that against what Haas is …
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