Author: ST

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Plan Mexico: Winning the Peace (Ch. 8)

The Pentagon is forever planning and procuring for the war that the military industrial complex wants to fight instead of the war that weā€™re actually fighting. The Pentagon dreams of fighting China and/or Russia with really dreamy dog fights and dom-submarine versus sub-submarine stalk and kills, but gets no joy from fighting the kinds of … Continue reading Plan Mexico: Winning the Peace (Ch. 8) →

Winning the Peace (Ch. 7) Blast from the Past (written in 2013)

If you believe that the Obama Administration has a coherent strategy to defeat Islamo-fascism then you should save your time and stop reading now. I am writing this only because I canā€™t find anyone putting forward a strategy to defeat the threat of Islamic supremacists. There are several brilliant authors writing about the reality of … Continue reading Winning the Peace (Ch. 7) Blast from the Past (written in 2013) →

Plan Mexico Ch. 1(readersā€™ advisory: esoteric military stuff)

[First published on L!, January 28, 2013] Iā€™ve had opportunity to work overseas with many of Uncle Samā€™s alphabet soup agencies (DEA, CIA, DOS, USAID, etc.) and have generally been underwhelmed by their lack of foreign language skills and understanding of the local culture. On the other hand they are filled with lot of really … Continue reading Plan Mexico Ch. 1(readersā€™ advisory: esoteric military stuff) →

Winning the Peace (Ch. 4) Redux

Winning the Peace (WTP and/or WP ā€“ Willy Pete?), and the FAOs in the program are organized within each partner nation similarly to an infantry platoon reinforced. Platoon commander (O-5), platoon sergeant (E-8), corpsman, radio telephone operator (RTOs), squad leaders (O-4), fire team leaders (O-3), and grunts (enlisted advisors). The total number of individuals deployed … Continue reading Winning the Peace (Ch. 4) Redux →