- The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers
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... again- if entrepeneurship is about anything it is about taking some risk. Maybe when we become as courageous with our careers in staff ... level leaders war is unique in that lives are at stake. Chance, danger, and fatigue and all that. Thanks for your consideration, ...
Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments
- Waterboarding is Torture... Period (Links Updated # 9)
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... "ticking bomb" scenario? Electric shock to the genitals? Taking a pregnant woman and electrocuting the fetus inside her? Executing a ... off and thank us for it. There may never again be a chance that Americans will benefit from the shield of outrage and public ...
Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments
- Irregular Warfare, Village Stability Operations and the Venture Capital Green Beret
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... against this approach but I think we need to give it chance to prove itself in isolated areas so we can build empirical evidence. I ... be significantly "in play.") EM, I think you're taking our EM, I think you're taking our counter arguments out of ...
Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 62 comments
- Taking Chance
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... HBO Trailer: Taking Chance Chance Phelps was wearing his Saint Christopher medal when he was ...
Blog post - Jan 10 2009 - 11:49am - 2 comments - 0 attachments
- Dear Boss, I Don't Just Quit, I Give Up
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... into the F-35. Moot point though. There is almost no chance we will buy more F-22s. It would make Robert Gates look bad. We will ... marginally supported. While emphasizing the risks of not taking the course you recommend, you neglect to ecaluate the risks of the ...
Blog post - May 14 2012 - 4:55am - 41 comments - 0 attachments
- Design Theory and the Military’s Understanding of Our Complex World
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... and Peter- All good points, and thank you for taking the time to chat with me about them. On the end-state thing, have you ... on Islamic society/culture as well; but if you have the chance to pick up a copy of the Penguin 1968 version of 'On War' with Game ...
Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 12:30pm - 83 comments
- Ten Points for the FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency Manual Conference
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... in both cases when we failed to act decisively after taking the key terrain. Instead we gradually starting figuring things out on ... ill conceived policies based on ideas that never stood chance in the real world. As Dave wrote, if we get the policy and strategy ...
Blog post - May 7 2012 - 5:12pm - 43 comments - 0 attachments
- Ink Spots of Success: The Smart Power Approach to Our Endgame in Afghanistan
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... I believe for the transition in Afghanistan to have any chance of being sustainable we must now focus on three key areas; the first is ... denial that the international community is going home and taking our money with us. But very soon that denial will turn to anger if we ...
Journal Article - May 21 2012 - 5:48am - 29 comments
- Hazing is Simply Intolerable
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... can help identify those individuals who have a greater chance of putting people's lives at risk and result in more soldiers surviving ... so while you weep for the young man as do I for taking his own life, how much would you (who are obviously career oriented ...
Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 1:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments
- Bringing Real Life to American Strategy in Afghanistan
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... key to overall stability, and those leaders are the ones taking sanctuary in Pakistan and largely untouched by our counter-resistance ... but I think I want to blog this topic, too. When I get a chance. Please let me know where I Please let me know where I can find ...
Journal Article - Mar 3 2012 - 11:26am - 45 comments


