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Military Minus $$$$

Zen is right. The entire debate is predicated on a perpetual excessive budget. A culture that has, for a generation, had the resources to debate whether to spend billions on fighter jets or reconstruction will quickly find itself unable to … Continue reading

25. January 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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Paul Kane on Reforming the Military

I’m of the opinion that Gates’ supposid sweeping reforms aren’t nearly enough (indeed, they barely scratch the surface), so I read Kane’s piece in the NYT today. He wants to: distribute the Air Force among the other services, ditch “up … Continue reading

21. April 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Yingling and Vandergriff

Yingling’s calling for rethinking officership. Good idea. I know Vandergriff’s (finally) gaining some traction at West Point. Army would be better off hiring him to run TRADOC Also, the national interest would be better served exploding West Point resources across … Continue reading

03. February 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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