Posted on 02/20/2017 1:55:21 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster has a shaved head and gung-ho manner that only add to his reputation as the U.S. Armys leading warrior-intellectual, one who often quotes famed Prussian general and military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz. A decade ago, McMaster fought a pitched battle inside the Pentagon for a new concept of warfare to address the threat from Islamist terrorists and insurgents in Afghanistan, Iraq and other trouble spots. Now, his new mission is more focused. Target: Moscow.
POLITICO has learned that, following the stunning success of Russias quasi-secret incursion into Ukraine, McMaster is quietly overseeing a high-level government panel intended to figure out how the Army should adapt to this Russian wake-up call. Partly, it is a tacit admission of failure on the part of the Army and the U.S. government more broadly.
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I read some interesting comments by McMaster where he made reference to Eisenhower’s speech about the military industrial complex and scepticism about think tank war advocacy. In other words, the CIC in consultation with generals should make the decision about going to war and not Weekly Standard editors or resident scholars at People for a New American Century.
Agree with you 100%! As usual, it is the governments that drive the policies. I worked with Russian scientists, engineers, and conscripts in Kazakhstan back in 1988. Good people!!
Not secret any more.
We are always playing catch up and it seem to always end at the same place, to rearm to fight a large scale pitched battle with an equally powerful adversary.
COIN is a side show and there are lots of them. It is not the main mission.
The US Military has plans to attack everyone and they have defense plans in case of attack from anyone.
These plans are constantly being revised and updated to reflect the changing realities in the world.
Why do you think officers spend at least a quarter of their time in schools of one sort or another?
Most officers retire with at least a master if not a PhD.
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Has collaborated with the Marines a lot.
Woah he is the exact opposite of Flynn...personally I want someone in between. Not someone buddy-buddy with Putin, but not someone who sees Russia has such a great threat either.
Matthew 18:7
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
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