The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Last week I circulated a piece discusing an eight page advertising special in The Washington Post, paid for by Lockheed-Martin and Boeing (and a credit union). The huge ad commemorated the 100th anniversary of Marine Corps aviation. (My piece with a link to the advertisement is at the end of this message.) In the special …
This new commentary on the F-35 appears at the website for Foreign Policy at . It is a short piece that does not need to be summarized by me. The editors at Foreign Policy gave it a wonderfully insightful title: The Jet That Ate the Pentagon BY WINSLOW WHEELER | APRIL 26, 2012 The United States is …
GWU-OSA 10 Slides 1.6 Leadership Briefing Words in Notes Format GWU-OSA 36 Slides 1.4 General Briefing Words in Notes Format See Also: GWU Provost Strategic Questions – A Globalization with Answers from Robert Steele GWU Provost Strategic Questions – B Governance and Policy with Answers from Robert Steele GWU Provost Strategic Questions – C Innovation …
A Final Word on Drones and Reaper (doc 20 pages) A Final Word on Drones and Reaper Last week I distributed a five part series on drones, specifically the MQ-9 Reaper. It was published at Time Magazine’s Battleland blog. This last message on the series distributes each of the five parts and the entire paper as …
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Impact Assessment Executive Summary Impact Assessment See Also: Powering Down: A decline in U.S. military might could upend the world order Phi Beta Iota: NOBODY is doing fact-based evaluations. Senator Sam Nunn’s words remain unheeded–there is no credible holistic threat assessment; there is no credible holistic strategy; there is no …
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Integrity? We don’t need no stinkin’integrity! Precision Munitions Lessen Need for Close Air Support Plane: Schwartz Answers the A-10 Question PENTAGON: One of the longest-running debates between the Air Force and the Army centers on close air support. Historically, the Air Force hates supplying CAS and doesn’t like buying or maintaining the planes that do …
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POLITICS The `K Street Clausewitz’ Remembered By CHUCK SPINNEY | December 30, 2011 Mark Thompson’s 27 December posting, “General Newt,” alerted readers of Battleland to Karen Tumulty’s pastiche of mini portraits of Newt Gingrich’s martial prowess. Mark highlighted one the few passages that zeroed in on the insubstantial essence of the K Street Clausewitz. Unable to contain my …
