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Marcus Aurelius: New York Money Strikes Out at US Defense Budget

Invite your attention to attached think-piece from one of  Washington think tanks.  BLUF:  Compendium of several approaches to screw over military Services, particularly Army and Marine Corps.  Retirees, particularly working age, also targeted.  AF, Navy, SOF, cyber favored.  Several 3-stars and 4-stars signed on to this thing; not supportive of former colleagues IMHO. Peter Peterson Strikes …

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Review (Guest): Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency

The Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Edited By: Paul B. Rich and Isabelle Duyvesteyn Routledge, 2012 Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 ‘counterinsurgency’ (COIN) has enjoyed a revival. The perceived failure of counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan has led to a ‘backlash’ principally by advocates of the use of conventional warfare against insurgents, …

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Marcus Aurelius: Army at a Cross-Roads, Toxic Leadership Not Helping

Facing Uncertainty, Budget Cuts, Army Is At A Crossroads Some changes have been resisted By Greg Jaffe Washington Post, November 23, 2012, Pg. 3 For much of this year, Sgt. Maj. Raymond F. Chandler III, the Army’s top enlisted soldier, has traveled to bases around the world with a simple message: “We’ve allowed ourselves to …

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Practical Reflections on United Nations Intelligence + UN RECAP

Updated 21 Dec 2012 1800 Short Persistent URL for This Post: http://tinyurl.com/UN-21-Intel DOCUMENT:  2012 Reflections on UN Intelligence 2.3 21 Dec 2012 I had occasion to look at the Report of the Secretary General on the Work of the Organization, and thought this would be a good time to integrate some of what I have …

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Review: Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way between West and East

NOW AVAILABLE AT AMAZON Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels 5.0 out of 5 stars Influential, Integrative, with Integrity, Avoids Three Core Topics December 6, 2012 Here’s what is really great about this book: 01)  The authors are connected, admired, and conversant with the great minds of Silicon Valley (Eric Schmidt offers a very strong blurb) …

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SchwartzReport: Big Sugar Does a Big Tobacco — True Cost of Sugar to Society

Does Sugar Kill? How the Sugar Industry Hid the Toxic Truth For decades, the industry kept scientists from asking: Does sugar kill? GARY TAUBES and CRISTIN KEARNS COUZENS – AlterNet (U.S.) November 15, 2012 | This article first appeared in Mother Jones Magazine. Get your magazine  subscription here. ON A BRISK SPRING Tuesday in 1976, a pair …

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