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... but that does not make it so. They are acting in their capacity as our employees. If we wish to empower them with that ability, we ... stuff, how many citizens must be at risk? A bus full? A building full (how many stories)? A whole city? I've noticed the "nuclear bomb ...

Blog entry - Oct 31 2007 - 1:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... Nation Building at the Barrel of an American Gun? A Short Reply to the Dubik ... mirror. Thomas P.M. Barnett stated we have no capacity for nation building period. Especially when the collective policy ...

Blog entry - Sep 13 2009 - 7:19am - 29 comments - 0 attachments

... Gates Calls for Building Foreign Troops' Capacity By John J. Kruzel American Forces Press Service ...

Blog entry - Feb 25 2010 - 5:43am - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... is always the worst thing to be, especially given our capacity for adding flawed analysis to any given picture, which Peter concisely ... IMO, this entire series, to include Jones's definition is building off of Kilcullen's work. And, before that, Kilcullen built off the ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 9:05am - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... not have the same confidence in expecting them to join a building-clearing team or to go charging across fields and canals pursuing bad ... females were present in all of these instances in some capacity, none of these examples and others have demonstrated a reliable ...

Journal Article - Nov 20 2011 - 7:34am - 46 comments

... generations. If we see that there is internal momentum building toward that kind of change we may, at certain points, be able to help, ... Again, agreed, except that I see it as a matter of capacity, not will. I don't believe that we should ever have tried to govern ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 10:22pm - 120 comments

... One of the key areas to build security capacity in Iraq is the development, training, equipping, and sustaining of the ... on temporary assignment with MNSTC-I . Re: Building Capacity in Iraq -- Police Forces My response is shaped by my ...

Blog entry - Jun 12 2008 - 2:30pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... Leadership involves inspiration and motivation as well; building collective trust and a sense of purpose and commitment. As a system I ... immediately as a reserve officer but never served in that capacity because I was running a business 7 days a week. But frankly, life ...

Blog entry - Jun 26 2011 - 6:33am - 101 comments - 0 attachments

... Your arguments about coin become so mixed up with state building that they, at least to me, lose any sense of coherency for guiding ... the Revolution began to ramp up its activities. In that capacity they sent junior leaders among the people to motivate, pay, and equip ...

Blog entry - Jul 5 2011 - 8:00am - 98 comments - 0 attachments

... tactics to reduce the combat effectiveness, industrial capacity, and morale of an enemy, usually an established civil and military ... of military and naval and air power to build, including building the Bomb. In the Cold War, we decided to build a nuclear deterrent ...

Blog entry - Dec 19 2008 - 6:29pm - 30 comments - 0 attachments