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ARTICLE: A Balanced Strategy: Reprogramming the Pentagon for a New Age, By Robert M. Gates, Foreign Affairs, January/February 2009
Excellent summation of his thinking and his attempted impact in redirecting the Pentagon budget from its heavy Leviathan focus to something far more balanced toward the SysAdmin portfolio.
Hard to improve upon.
(Thanks: JFRiley)
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Comments (3)
The way to improve Gates is to get him a better president, one that will listen to him and provide a balanced military/everything else approach. Mission almost accomplished.
Posted by hof1991 | December 6, 2008 8:29 AM
More evidence Obama will make a great president.
Read this politico article describing his meeting with Governors.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16153_Page2.html
Gates gets it! He'll appeal to liberals as well, with interviews like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hhu9IaSsok
Posted by Ali | December 6, 2008 2:47 PM
" To truly achieve victory as Clausewitz defined it -- to attain a political objective -- the United States needs a military whose ability to kick down the door is matched by its ability to clean up the mess and even rebuild the house afterward."
Where have I heard this before? :)
Posted by Patrick Squire | December 6, 2008 9:39 PM