The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
My good good buddy Dr. Newk Mindshaftgap has written a juicy little report, attached below, in which he politely exposes the emptiness of the fact-free fiscal debate that is now electrifying the synapses of the pols, pundits, and courtiers in Versailles on the Potomac. To be sure, our nation has a debt problem, but, as …
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Making Intelligence Relevant for the Missions of the 21st Century by James Howcroft Small Wars Journal | December 19, 2012 The international challenges which threaten the security of the United States and our partners in the 21st century are not primarily posed by conventional military forces. Despite the “pivot” toward a conventional peer competitor in …
Two things seem clear to me: the Pentagon budget is going down, and pretty much no one in Washington wants to impose the three fundamental reforms needed to enable DOD to prosper in an era of lower budgets. I explain my point of view in a new article in Foreign Policy and below. EXTRACT: They are …
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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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Note to readers: this blaster contains two clearly marked inserts that were not in my Time essay. Also, in introducing Seymour Melman’s important work below, I should have mentioned that it was Melman’s considered belief in the possibility of putting together a political coalition to facilitate the conversion of the defense industry to civilian production. …
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Land, Sea Roles Changing, Dempsey Says By Claudette Roulo American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON October 10, 2012 – While the Navy’s aircraft carrier fleet is sized correctly to carry out its mission, land forces are facing “significant changes,” Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said here today. “At this …
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Are US armed forces “the best in the world”? What makes you think so? Not All That It Can Be The myth of American military superiority. WINSLOW WHEELER Foreign Policy | OCTOBER 11, 2012 EXTRACT: We also heard a lot of bombast after the first war with Iraq, Operation Desert Storm in 1991; then, the …
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