But much of the credit goes to Council members, our bloggers and volunteer moderators - lots of work on their own time - so it was nice to see an article like this one in the AFJ...

...Yingling's essay inspired a thread with more than 200 postings, many of which were substantive arguments based on the merits of Yingling's argument (a rare attribute for any blogosphere debate).
One of but many, many examples of the quality of the discussions here on the Council. I see the stats and the Council draws viewers (lurkers) from every corner - forward operating areas, PME school houses, CONUS bases, the Pentagon, Congress, White House, media, academia and counterpart institutions of our coalition partners.

Rob offers up good advice for the future and ensuring we "keep this good thing we got" and make it better...

Dave