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  1. What's the Issue?

    I see in the Schachtman piece a narrative including perspective shifts in response to thought. I see in Tom's assessment some frustration that isn't supported in the piece he comments on. I won't...
  2. ...Five Take-aways...

    Tough to encapsulate so complex a set of issues and observations in a list like this, but for me they include:

    1. Conflict is a human phenomena that takes place in a global environment. The...
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    A Different Look

    Much room for different perspectives here. Might it be that the training you refer to in TTP is essential regardless of application, and that COIN begs education foremost? This is no argument that...
  4. Thread: Kabuki

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    Better Late than Never..?

    I agree that what we see playing out in the US federal government is part of a long evolution characterized by fairly positive to neutral performance. The longer-term trend is one worth knowing. If...
  5. Military Smeared in Aftermath

    My gut says that many are being too sanguine regarding the US military escaping involvement in a post-OIF "blame game." I don't see it. I hear very little insistence upon specificity in fault...
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    Complexity and Context

    I agree that the deterministic approach limits the depth of understanding and degree of creativity applied. The feature that makes this so is the nonlinear characteristic of human behavior in large...
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    Pervasive Instability and the Challenge to Interoperate

    There is potential for globalization, demographic trends, regional tensions, energy appetites, and identity or religion politics to conspire to create a greater and more pervasive instability. ...
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    Nic 2020

    Thanks again to Zenpundit for bringing this study to our attention. For a link see his earlier post on this thread. The report is written from a US government perspective. I've read the report and...
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    Nature's Durability

    Perhaps we can benefit from a definition of terms. I regard "nature" as applied in "the nature of conflict" to refer to those enduring characteristics that identify a thing in regard to how it is...
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    Future Geopolitical Environment

    Zenpundit - thanks for the link to the NIC 2020 piece. I'm still going through it, and it is intriguing. Of the scenarios featured in the piece, I think that today, two years after the production...
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    Future Conflict

    The events of the last several years have been attended by a shift in an American definition of required capability to engage in conflict. On one level, the balance between a capability to engage in...
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    Media as Part of the Environment

    I think of the media in general, the western global media in particular, as an economic group. This group is burdened by a dual impetus for editorial decision - profit and journalistic ethic. I'm...
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    It's Happening

    I was concerned to read the assessment of the quality of junior noncomissioned officers above. I don't agree with it. I see a pervasive and opposite trend. I don't disagree with anyone else's...
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    Logic Needed

    As Bill Moore posted above, LOO and many other constructs used to visualize, describe and direct actions to achieve an objective can be misused. It seems self-evident that logic is a necessary...
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    Current LOO Employment

    I see utility in the LOO construct for planning and assessing operations.

    Some citations:

    • Joint Pub (JP) 3-0, Doctrine for Joint Operations, defines LOOs as the directional orientation of the...
  16. Military Professionalism in the Chaplain Corps

    I read the piece, and from the limited exposure I have to the Navy Chaplain Corps regarding military training and education, I think that the tone here may be too optimistic.

    To function in this...
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    Foreign Policy Failed States Index

    The July/August 2005 Foreign Policy Failed States Index shows a graphic on pg.59 identifying 12 criteria for use in identifying potentially failing or failed states. One listed is "Group Grievance."...
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