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Syria: Subjective Desires Fed by Ambiguous Intel Never Turns Out Well 27 Aug 2013 | 05:17 pm
An alternative title for this post could be, "Sal's 14 Pillars of Neo-Realism." On Syria, here are 14 points that need to be pondered a lot more than they are. I think in may ways we Westerners are m...
Bragging about impotence 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
This has to be one of the more pathetic reasons to end a program. Good people can agree or disagree if it was a good idea to begin with - I happen to think it was - but this is what we are telling th...
On LCS: As for me and mine; we stand with Norman 26 Aug 2013 | 04:56 pm
My, my, my - the legions of the insecure LCS proponents have really put out the full-court press the last week or two, haven't they? As good of a sample of the genre as any other can be found quoted ...
Crowdsourcing the Admin Overhead, on Midrats 24 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
If the CNO's #1 priority is warfighting, how do leaders focus on that priority inside a 24-hr day? In a complicated structure of Administrative and Operational Chains of Command and the unending hung...
Fullbore Friday 23 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
Via Jake Tapper at CNN who has done so much to bring to the attention a part of a war most have chose to ignore: The first shots rang out just a few minutes before 6 a.m. The rumors that the soldiers...
Stupid is a strong word, but .... 22 Aug 2013 | 05:01 pm
Our buddy Galrahn tweeted yesterday, For the fifth time in a week, a very serious defense person described Hagel to me in private as "an idiot" or "stupid." That is chilling. — Raymond Pritchett (@Ga...
The Post-Modern Navy Does Roving Patrols 21 Aug 2013 | 03:57 pm
OK, someone help me out here. I will just make two points, but then I want you to read it yourself and tell me if this is as upside-down as it reads. From COMNAVREGMIDLANT NOTICE 5354 - Installation...
The Echoes in Egypt 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Should our policy makers have been shocked by what has happened in Egypt? Was it really unpredictable? How smart was it for this Administration to throw in with the Muslim Brotherhood early and often...
Aviation Dystopia 20 Aug 2013 | 04:43 pm
After starting off Monday with such a negative-Nimrod theme, I really wanted to bring up something positive up today ... but alas - DC won't let me. Where to start? Well, let's go to one of my favori...
Well, at least you know how politicians view you 19 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
According to stipulations in The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, random and unannounced visits might be a provision of the new government healthcare program. Those eligible and enrolled ...
