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Rob, Dr. Jack just released a Design Handbook which I am reading now. Design is going to be a big hit. It is Systems Thinking without the baggage that goes with the term. Seems to have kept some of...

Rob, you may see you theory implemented here (US). The effects of the auto industry layoffs will really start hitting shortly and we may have a long hot summer. Security Force Assistance may be...

I have been pushing this since I came here. The most modern doctrine or lessons learned are in the realm of Domestic Violence/Stalking type situations (including a lot of failures). The neighborhood...

Guess I will have to get my crayons back out. Ring2 Processes. The Process of creating the Law is going to be far more important than the final legal code you come up with. Ring1 leadership....who...

Link to newest issue of JFQ with article by Charles Dunlap on how Lawfare can be a decisive element in future wars. Rob, me, you and Lawvol had a similar discussion a while back about this very...

Since I have colored all over Rob Thornton's thread and he probably want send me anymore good stuff because of that,maybe you should start a new thread and I will see what I can do. Sorry Rob:o

jmm99, No, and this is important..... Corn has been mapped and targeted...I could then figure out my Strategy to support the Corn model as well as destabilize it.

jmm99, The rings are just one part of the entire strategy development process. Guiding precepts and ROE are a separate step under Design the future. You should have those before you get to Targeting...

Here we go.

http://publications.campaignroom.com/Shared%20Documents/Prometheus%20Concept%20Summaries%20wCover.pdf

PDF pages 38 and 39 under Guiding Precepts and Rules of Engagement.

BW...the Cornholes Model? :eek: I don't know that one.

No,no,no. I see the problem now. Let me see what I can find that I can put up on the board. It is most definitely a national model or any model that is it's greatest benefit.

jmm99, you seem to understand it perfectly, so I am not really sure what your question is.:confused:

That is what Warden calls the fractal analysis. There is never just 1....5 rings model. It would start with Grand Strategy...to Strategy....Operations( may be alot of these)......down to tactical(a...

Theme from The Swamp Fox.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT-3V3Lv-so

Point 1.What you just wrote is what I thought Step one of Grand Strategy should be. Using your excellent systems mapping methodology......sketching the external environment (AO) these factors...

Hi Rob, like I said if I get a big crayon I will color out of the lines. jmm99 asked what would I do as the King. Since Kings get pretty pissed off when their power is questioned...if he could find...

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extermination - which is indeed a tried and true method.

Assuming all those Indians (we should check out the actual numbers) were united vs the "white boys", virtually all of...

BW, I always got in trouble for coloring outside the lines in school and I told them the crayons were to big for coloring those little bitty pictures they gave me.:D

When Rob sent me his PPT he...

I am watching SWAT:)jmm99 The largest system is the geographic area and the people together. What did Ghandi fear and why did he support the UK in WW2....Hitler. Insurgency does not work against a...

Here goes. There is your system....the enemy system(s) and the system in which the conflict/event will take place. You should start with the largest system and work down. If you did this the security...

Close but no cigar.:wry: just popped in nemeorial day BBQ is almost over and I will explain my point later, but really good stuff so far.

Have to go do my honey do list:) Will answer shortly.

jmm99,
No, because the situation was to unstable to take the risk. But that is based on hindsight. Plus everything is a system to me. I don't care if they have uniforms or don't. I look at the...

That is SBW (Slapout Based Warfare);)

Cable outage but am back now. BW this may be a chicken or the egg question. I am sure you think you proved your point.....but I think you proved mine and hear is why. If you trace it back to the...