The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Bound for Failure In the brief introduction to a review of the book, Very Special Intelligence, Dolphin noted that the successful tactical doctrine of using combined intelligence and combat troops in tightly organized teams was being seriously diluted by the U.S. IC (read CIA, DIA, NGA and NSA) who were moving to fold the intelligence elements …
Richard Wright The Triumph of Tactical Intelligence The Andrew J. Bacevich article, “Slouching Toward Persistent War” (NYT 19 Feb 2012) points among other things to the rise of Special Operations Forces (SOF) as the instrument of choice to carry out clandestine warfare against individual and groups designated enemies of the U.S. (or close U.S. allies …
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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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Close Ties to Goldman Enrich Romney’s Public and Private Lives By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, PETER LATTMAN and KEVIN ROOSE New York Times, January 27, 2012 When Bain Capital sought to raise money in 1989 for a fast-growing office-supply company named Staples, Mitt Romney, Bain’s founder, called upon a trusted business partner: Goldman Sachs, whose bankers led …
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I agree with Johnson-Freese. Strategy & Policy ‘Can Do’ Must Replace ‘Give Me’ In US Politics By Joan Johnson-Freese Published: December 30, 2011 My vote in the 2012 presidential election will go to the candidate who most resists pandering to the American electorate. I say “most resist,” as all candidates pander, but hopefully at least …
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Douthat apparently has not read that book, A Fine Madness, Paul or a better grounded iconoclast may be exactly what the country needs. Pariahs and Prophets Ross Douthat New York Times, 31 December 2011 IN 1984, after serving three terms in the House of Representatives, Ron Paul was defeated by Phil Gramm in Texas’s Republican …
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Wisdom! Strategy & Policy Wake Up: America Can’t Afford Its Military By Doug Macgregor EXTRACT: It’s no secret what’s required in 2012 and beyond: an efficient and effective organization of military power for the optimum utilization of increasingly constrained resources. More specifically, a serious audit of the U.S. Department of Defense, along with a …
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