Sensible defense thinker
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libertangoWhich of course only means I agree with him, but hey.
I was browsing the TED site (as you do), and ran across this cogent, mordantly funny presentation about military power by Thomas P.M. Barnett. Funniest laugh out line so far (I haven't even finished watching the clip, and want to pass the guy along): "Every time we lead one of these efforts we have to whip ourselves into this 'imminent threat' thing. We haven't faced an 'imminent threat' since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962."
Turns out he has a blog, which a quick scan shows is a) only slightly jargon heavy, and b) reasonably solid.
I was browsing the TED site (as you do), and ran across this cogent, mordantly funny presentation about military power by Thomas P.M. Barnett. Funniest laugh out line so far (I haven't even finished watching the clip, and want to pass the guy along): "Every time we lead one of these efforts we have to whip ourselves into this 'imminent threat' thing. We haven't faced an 'imminent threat' since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962."
Turns out he has a blog, which a quick scan shows is a) only slightly jargon heavy, and b) reasonably solid.
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Date: 2008-08-11 04:52 pm (UTC)