Casting Obama as ineffective steward of the economy is empty
President Obama -- an effective turnaround He inherited a depression, and what did President Obama do with it? 1. Infused the economy with money wherever he could stabilizing the...
The Observant Watchmaker
Intelligence has not been well defined lets start with some definitions.A strategy specifies goals, their desirability and, at what likelihoods to take what actions on what (set of) conditions.Strategizing is Deviseing a set of strategies. Devising strategies consists of...
Appliance and Utility Strategy – Oracle
Before IDG was born, I was publisher of Infosystems Magazine, the Magazine for Information Systems Management. That was in the 1980’s and I think I was one of the industry pioneers. I witnessed a lot and...
Where does the Afghan Mission go off the Rails?
The Afghan Mission and Strategy is Flawed. When did it leave the original Objective? A liberal friend and former AP reporter asked me for my thoughts on the Afghanistan Mission yesterday. He wanted to... 235 views | 15 recommendations | 14 comments
Smart German strategy paying off economically
The German strategy: keep a lid on wages to ensure that it could export its way to growth with competitive, nimble firms producing the cars and machine tools the world’s economies. Renewing manufacturing America...
Response to the Governator - Schwarzenegger bashes TEA Party Move
This is the introduction to a story that I wrote on Examiner.com concerning governor Schwarzenegger's recent inaccurate disparaging comments about the TEA Party Movement. " This is my response to a pair of news...
created by CynicalPatriot | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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250 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
McChrystal backs Afghan plan to skeptical Congress
Karsai predicts 5 years Obama 2 and its the money problem that rears its ugly head, how does Afghanistan pay for it new large army. Well there is black gold and plenty of gas, dig deep and they can find gold. I...
Gates: Troop Draw Down could take Two to Three Years.
Only two days after the President's speech at Westpoint Military Academy, the Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has acknowledged that there is no deadline in the troops withdrawal from Afghnistan. Gates...
created by Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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191 views | 14 recommendations | 6 comments
Obama's Timeline No Guarantee of Afghanistan Withdrawal
Since President Obama's speech on Tuesday evening at West Point, there has been a lot of speculation and confusion as to the Administrations interpretation of the announced withdrawal strategy. President...
created by Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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397 views | 32 recommendations | 20 comments
Obama speech: World Reaction
President Obama announced his strategy for Aghanistan and Pakistan last night in a speech at West Point: The strategy in a nut shell is as follows: 30,000 troop surge to fight the counter insurgency, with emphasis...
created by Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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830 views | 40 recommendations | 16 comments
Afghanistan Strategy Discussed between Obama and Karzai
Tonight at 8pm EST, President Obama will be unveiling his strategy for Afghanistan. President Obama was burning up the phone lines yesterday briefing his allies. It is widely believed that President...
created by Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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153 views | 26 recommendations | 2 comments
Barack Obama briefs Karzai on new US strategy
Yep of course and he said hey we are going to use 50.000 afghanistan troops and shove them on the front line, Allah is great. " President Barack Obama has spoken to his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai about the...
Stop the War Now
Sitting on my bunk at Ft. Polk Louisiana in 1969, I was reading China on the Eve of Communist Takeover, Arthur Doak Barnett, Praeger, 1963, a book that I was assigned to read in Political Science class before... 305 views | 72 recommendations | 20 comments
McChrystal and Ambassador Eikenberry to testify before Congress
According to White House and other officials, General Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry have been asked to be prepared to testify before Congress as early as next week. President Obama is expected...
created by Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke | 3 years ago
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350 views | 48 recommendations | 12 comments
