Quote Originally Posted by wm View Post
...Kaplan is much more optimistic than I about the post G-N COCOMs' competence at handling a conflict successfully.
Thee and me; DS/DS was an aberration so we can say experience to date is not encouraging. I feared creation of overlarge bureaucracies with few saving graces.
He also has a few things just factually wrong as far as I can tell.
Usually does...
Still, a matrixed/JTF-like approach to intel might be an interesting alternative for trying to break down the traditional stovepipes.
Well, it certainly has in the past. Worldwide, in most wars, ad hoc agencies formed just to bypass the stovepipes and bureaucracies and address the current issues with a degree of urgency have generally been quite successful.