Quote Originally Posted by Dr Jack View Post
Giuliani's description sounds a lot like Thomas P. M. Barnett's "SysAdmin."

http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/glossary.htm



This isn't all that surprising; from an article by Barnett on April 22, 2007:

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/opinion_...493473,00.html
Advocacy of Barnett is sufficient grounds in my book to totally wreck Giuliani's credibility on any security matter.

Perhaps he had better find some more widely read interns in his search to build a national security policy that is even vaguely sensible.

I heard some recent 'classic' nonsense from Barnett at a recent conference, including:

1. China is interested in Africa in order to develop cheap sources of labour. (Since when has there been a shortage of cheap labour in China?)
2. He placed all of SE Asia in his 'gap' construct. The economies of Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia... Obviously knows two tenths of nothing about economic matters as well.
3. Was as blood thirsty as only someone who has never served can be.

On top of it all, he 'lost the plot' and started shouting in the middle of a panel discussion at a guy (with serious cred) who has been serving the US since before the time when Barnett was trying to formulate strategy to avoid grade school homework.

All in all, I found Barnett, in person, to be "Tosser" of the ocean going variety. Personally, I would not let him advise a PTA meeting on security policy.