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“In this talk, Khanna asks us to embrace a new maxim for the future: ‘Connectivity is destiny.’”

“Carter’s proposals come under the aegis of reforming the 1986 Goldwater Nichols Act, which gave the Pentagon its modern structure.”

“Terrorists’ next target in Europe could be U.S. troops and Defense Department civilians working there, a panel of experts warned lawmakers Tuesday.”

My notes led to this short book on navigation in channelized terrain – using basic methods.

Our Nation in this election year is consumed by a search for the desired verities and qualities of the respective candidates each of us may wish for our next President.

“Senior U.S. military leaders, held by many Americans to be above moral reproach, are rapidly becoming indistinguishable from their political counterparts.”

"The growing scandal over cooked intelligence just got much worse. Now, analysts are saying they’re being forced out for not toeing the Obama administration’s line on the war."

"The shaky debut last week of a new unity government in Libya brings Western nations, including the United States, much closer to a renewed military mission there."

"U.S. Special Operations forces are using rifle sights that are supposed to help shooters accurately hit their targets."

“One of the most historically significant efforts to encapsulate lessons from irregular wars, or ‘small wars,’ comes from the pen of British officer C. E. Callwell.”

“A bullet found in the Jordan desert was from a pistol only Lawrence would have had.”

In the era of cyber-threats, small waves can create a tsunami.

Review of Game Changers: Going Local to Defeat Violent Extremists.

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Continue on for U.S. Army War College’s Parameters, Winter 2015-16, Vol. 45 No. 4.

"Banks are closing the accounts of customers they fear may be up to no good, evicting from the financial system those the government most wants to watch."

"Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe torture can be justified to extract information from suspected terrorists, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll."

“HA/DR operations entail unique, unscripted collaboration with joint and interagency partners with unity of effort and time as the common enemy.”

"The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the next military strategy document will be kept classified."

"The United States must adjust its approach to preparing for wars that in the future will likely be fought across multiple regions and in a variety of domains."

"Such efforts also would confront a fundamental problem of differing priorities and approaches – and even distrust."

“The carnage is a direct result of Europe’s refusal to accept that terrorists must be treated differently than common criminals.”

“A Taliban splinter group says it carried out a suicide attack on a park in the Pakistani city of Lahore, which killed more than 70 people, including children.”

“Despite millions of dollars of government-sponsored research there is still nothing close to a consensus on why someone becomes a terrorist.”

Just day-dreaming on a Saturday…