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rgriff an expert on leader development personnel management and fourth generation warfare feeds posts comments ron paul s banned video december 31 2011 by don http www youtube com watch v s2rmnov4ae8 but it is so true posted in uncategorized 1 comment wake up america can t afford its military by col douglas macgregor december 29 2011 by don aol defense december 27 2011 wake up america can t afford its military by doug macgregor through the last year the defense industries and their supporters in congress worked overtime to ensure the federal government kept the armed forces in a perpetual procurement cycle inside the pentagon the generals and admirals who lead the defense bureaucracies worked to minimize procurement costs this was not altruistic behavior it s the only way to protect the armed forces outdated force structures from more debilitating cuts cuts that threaten the single service way of warfare along with the bloated overhead of flag officer headquarters meanwhile public pronouncements from the office of the secretary of defense on cost savings initiatives or about imminent strategic disaster if defense spending is reduced fell flat in fact everything in 2011 related to defense from the controversial f 35 program to the multi billion dollar contracting fiascos in iraq and afghanistan looked like window dressing designed to buy more time for an anachronistic insolvent defense establishment it s no secret what s required in 2012 and beyond an efficient and effective organization of military power for the optimum utilization of increasingly constrained resources more specifically a serious audit of the u s department of defense along with a national reset where the roles of politicians bureaucrats and four stars are recast as servants not masters of the national interest unfortunately inside the beltway where accountability is a dirty word political and military leaders are free to conflate their personal and bureaucratic interests with the national interest as a result there is still no willingness to comprehend or at least admit the truth america s current national security posture is fiscally unsustainable today the united states national debt is so large it will swallow almost any legislation the president and congress agree to pass it is only a question of time before the u s government is compelled to make drastic cuts in federal spending despite this reality like the politicians in both parties the four chiefs of service are desperate to save the military status quo from significant reductions in defense spending a policy stance that could easily lead to a serious degradation of american military power after the 2012 election in the midst of america s fiscal crisis congress is equally inept the best congress could do in this legislative season to was announce its intention to add yet another four star this time from the national guard to the joint chiefs of staff an action comparable to adding a fifth wheel to a car that s already got four flats instead of adding more generals to an already top heavy force america s ignominious withdrawal from iraq should help sober up politicians of all stripes and parties it should impart the timeless strategic lesson that the use of american military power even against weak opponents with no navy no army no air force and no air defenses can have costly unintended strategic consequences today iran not the united states is the dominant power inside iraq and americans are beginning to understand why iranian interests prevailed in baghdad because tehran s agents of influence wore an indigenous face while america s agents wore foreign uniforms and carried guns regardless of whatever the us decides to do iran will remain the dominant actor in iraq so long as it maintains even the thinnest veil of concealment behind the façade of the maliki government and its successors while these unassailable facts are ignored inside the beltway main street is figuring things out according to a recent cbs poll 77 percent of the american electorate approves of president obama s decision to withdraw u s troops from iraq by the end of 2011 two in three americans say the iraq war was not worth the cost and only 15 of americans support military intervention to stop iran s nuclear program more important nearly one half of american voters now think the united states can make major cuts in defense spending without placing the country in danger they see no risk in cutting way back on what america spends to defend other countries the old notion that the united states should maintain expensive military bases in foreign countries just to ensure troublesome foreigners do not get out of hand is rapidly losing support conventional wisdom says american society s broader consciousness is shaped by the forces of hype and publicity and national defense is often subject to it but the recent polling data suggest a different explanation americans are focused on economics not national defense perhaps the american electorate perceives the federal reserve is running out of ammunition to restart america s stalled recovery perhaps americans are concerned the collapse of the eurozone will eventually lead to a serious financial crisis in the united states wiping out the savings of many millions of americans or perhaps americans are worried the sudden termination of free services in america s largest cities would lead to a surge in poverty and violence putting american society on a collision course with itself it s hard to tell what we can say is that americans are signing up for president eisenhower s philosophy in the aftermath of the korean war he insisted the nation deserved both solvency and security in national defense like eisenhower americans seem to understand the nation s vital strategic interests are only secure when the united states scientific industrial base is productive and our society prospers predictably there is also a growing recognition that the million dollars a year it costs to keep one american soldier or marine on station in afghanistan makes no sense when for a fraction of the cost the u s army and other federal agencies could easily protect america s borders from the wave of criminality terrorism and illegal immigration washing in from mexico and latin america looking forward into 2012 american voters seem to understand what many of the men running for president do not given america s fragile economic health 2012 is no time for uninformed decisions regarding the use of force the deficit americans worry most about is not fiscal it s a national deficit of integrity and reason col ret douglas macgregor a member of aol defense s board of contributors is a decorated army veteran and author of important books on military reform and strategy including breaking the phalanx praeger 1997 and transformation under fire praeger 2003 he is executive vice president at burke macgregor group llc in reston va posted in adaptability tagged breaking the phalanx doug macgregor procurement cycle public pronouncements states national debt transformation under fire united states national debt 2 comments what is an army but the soldiers summary of personnel reform work in last year december 29 2011 by don this is the best summary of one of the missions i was doing this year i had the honor to work with a lot of great people including the author of this article in military review ltc scott halter scott s article sums up best what we recommended to the secretary of the army and the personnel system on where the personnel system should go in the 21st century click to access militaryreview_20120229_art007 pdf don posted in learning organizations tagged john boyd ltc scott halter military reivew path to victory americas army and the revolution in hum personnel reform raising the bar leave a comment another great blog better than mine is by my friend chuck spinney december 29 2011 by don http chuckspinney blogspot com i will begin posting chuck s stuff here as well it is that good posted in uncategorized tagged franklin chuck spinney john boyd ooda loop the blaster war on terror leave a comment back on the net december 29 2011 by don my apologies to the readership i had for so long i took off a while for several reasons work related i was and remain very busy personnal reasons my wife was ill and i had a lot to take care of at home i am going to start a series of columns directed at our nation and its leadership crisis i continue to support ron paul as for racism committed some 20 years ago i checked the references to that article even cnn never said he actually wrote the articles actually about four lines of one article himself he never defended their content said they were taken out of context a standard excuse i realize and it is not unlikely he did not read them prior to publication he was in congress and still practicing medicine at the time and yes he was negligent and should have caught it but didn t at the time the la riots had just occurred the rioters had behaved pretty badly among other things dragging innocent people from their cars and beating them to death and feelings were running high if this is dr paul at his worst then he is a saint by washington dc standards as for dr paul s social policies some of you may recall his opposition to the federal war on drugs whose consequences fall disproportionately heavily on black people there is also the disproportionately large black prison population which would be much reduced by dr paul s plan to pardon all non violent drug offenders if this is racism maybe we need more of it i don t see barak obama stepping up to the plate on this issue besides if we don t like dr paul who will we support instead how about the peace laureate barak bush on steroids obama then there s mitt bush on even more steroids romney or how about four years of that freedom loving constitution supporting marriage expert newt ginrich if the republicans have a brokered convention maybe we could slip in john bomb em back to the stone age mccain or lindsay send em all to guantanamo graham the passage of that infamous ndaa should have removed any doubt that we should support the only candidate who is even promising to reverse it if you can be executed tortured or imprisoned for life without charges on somebody s whim what difference do economics make without basic liberties what do we really have left where are out true priorities posted in leadership tagged cnn la riots leadership crisis marriage expert newt ginrich practicing medicine ron paul 2 comments c span to air pentagon labyrinth this weekend march 14 2011 by don c span tells me that book tv will air the spinney sprey christie mott house show this saturday evening at 9 00 and again on sunday at 9 30 see http www booktv org program 12319 the pentagon labyrinth 10 short essays to help you through it aspx these events help the book sales immensely please feel free to e mail the schedule link to any e mail lists which i will do later tis week _____________________________ winslow t wheeler director straus military reform project center for defense information 301 791 2397 posted in micc tagged pentagon labyrinth winslow wheeler 2 comments new book by many friends and mentors pentagon labyrinth march 7 2011 by don you can download for free at cdi org imperial hubris a review of the pentagon labyrinth by werther electric politics march 6 2011 12 33 pm http www electricpolitics com 2011 03 imperial_hubris html werther is the pen name of a northern virginia based defense analyst in a recent radio interview the british historian timothy garton ash stated that his overall impression of the united states was one of dynamism and entrepreneurial spirit such as in the silicon valley but washington d c he said reminded him of moscow in the former soviet union in the context of the interview he probably intended that as a criticism of the u s capital as being stagnant status quo and wedded to obsolete theories but in a more pointed way he may not have consciously meant it is equally true that washington is remarkably like late brezhnev era moscow in the sense of being very visibly the capital of a garrison state with its billboard adverts for fighter aircraft in local metro stations radio spots recruiting for the national clandestine service its ubiquitous jersey wall checkpoints and its electronic freeway signs admonishing motorists to report suspicious activity whatever that may be the district of columbia quite accurately simulates the paranoid atmosphere of a cold war era capital of eastern europe say east berlin or bucharest albeit at two orders of magnitude greater cost continue reading posted in government corruption tagged chuck spinney pentagon cannot audit books pentagon labyrinth us defense budget too big winslow wheeler 2 comments from g2mil borders remain open what we don t need is more people march 1 2011 by don president obama has done nothing to secure our borders more illegals are being deported under his watch but that is the result of higher security efforts imposed after 9 11 like e verify read this alarming story about thousands of poor unskilled people from india surging across the mexican border into texas hundreds have been caught then were released and promptly disappeared into the usa even though they had no id and came from a region near pakistan don t think most republicans really want to stop the cheap labor flow either border security was one of the first things the gop cost cutters slashed obama has failed to even try to boost the minimum wage despite campaign promises minimum wage is 50 lower than in the 1960s which means that millions of full time working americans don t earn enough to live in their own efficiency apartment much less pay for an insured car health care or a family if you want to help the working poor reduce welfare discourage illegal immigration and improve service throughout the private sector you should support boosting the minimum wage to a livable 10 an hour ignore constant corporate propaganda that boosting the minimum wage increases unemployment which has been disproved by every legitimate study anyone who has worked for minimum wage knows they are the most essential workers it s not like macdonald s has a couple of extra workers loitering around in the back who would be laid off if they were forced to raise wages to a livable level here is my old sra article on mass immigration from july 25 2007 that remains relevant continue reading posted in government corruption tagged g2mil most americans are for closed borders most americans feel the country is already too crowded open borders us is overpopulated leave a comment does the u s really have a fiscal crisis february 28 2011 by don as i have been saying the solutions are there to bring our country back to strength one of them is reforming the tax code into a national sales tax called here value added tax major economists have all told the governm...