Another brilliant essay by William Lind: ” If Wishes Were Horses. . .”, #285 in his series On War, 8 December 2008. The FM site has many articles on the two themes he discusses. Of esp import now is reform of the State Department — the necessary element for success of Obama’s policies. Links to …
Lind explains why Obama’s foreign policy will fail Read More »
Summary: Zenpundit writes about one of the major geopolitical problem facing America. His analysis, like mine and others, misses the key point — the key challenge. Describing the problem is easy; describing the solution is difficult. Zenpundit has a typically excellent post up about one of the major challenges in American geopolitics: “Hillary Should Dare …
Summary: a quick look at the basis of America’s post-WWII grand strategy, and why it no longer works. Ninth in a series of notes , we discuss solutions. Regeneration America is a State, not a person. The arrow of time points only one way for an individual, but nations are reborn every generation. It’s outside …
Thoughts on fixing America’s national security apparatus Read More »
here is an important new report on a subject of vital importance to America, one that has been much-discussed here. “Ready, Aim, Foreign Policy“, a joint publication from the Center for International Policy, the Latin America Working Group Education Fund, and the Washington Office on Latin America (March 2008) — “How the Pentagon’s role in foreign policy …
M E M O R A N D U M To:            Ambassador Crocker From          Manuel Miranda, Office of Legislative Statecraft Date:          February 5, 2008 Re:            Departure Assessment of Embassy Baghdad  Foreign Service and the State Department’s bureaucracy at the helm of America’s number one policy consideration. You are simply not up to the task, and …
Truly cracked advice to the State Department, receiving wide applause Read More »
