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STOP BEING NAIVE AND MANIPULABLE BY THE RETHIRIC SPREED BY THE UP-STREAM MEDIA
First Hussein Askary thank you for sharing this important reporting article, which gives us facts and figures to understand what is at stake in today's military geo-political events.
See how many billions of US$ in profits the companies of the Military Industrial Complex made, with the currently wars (v.g. Ukraine).
For those who naively think that wars promoted by the West, like the one in Ukraine, are about Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom please wake up. You can read the entire article from this link: https://lnkd.in/dUzxtC65
While people allow themselves to be manipulated by the up-stream Media that spreads the rhetoric of Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom to justify these wars;
The owners of the military complex are bloodying the world, and making money at the cost of the blood of the innocent and the naivety of those who echo this demagogue rhetoric.
So demagogue that the *Genocide in the Gaza Strip* proved it. *It came to prove that it is not about Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom*. The up-stream Media has gone silent. And they are accompanied by *the cynical silence of those who used arguments to defend and whiten a proxy war* where those who die are good citizens of Ukraine and Palestine.
While the poor people die and the naive echo the demagogue rhetoric, *the owners of Big Capital and the Military Industrial Complex toast the end of another year of great profits* with blood-soaked champagne.
*Let's stop being naive and manipulable.*
*Let us stop being carried away by demagogue rhetoric*, which simply aims to obtain public consensus for *wars that have nothing to do with the most human of human beings* (if it is possible to have a human war), but simply * It has to do with the thirst for big profits from the Owners of Big Capital and the Mitar Industrial Complex*.
*Let us stop being naive and manipulable*
*This may not stop wars, but let them happen without the applause of the naive.*
Altomáz (12/27/2024)
Vice-Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden
Who owns the Military Industrial Complex?
Read this factsheet from the Schiller Institute on the financial firms that own the military industries in the U.S., and how much civilian projects can otherwise be built for the same resources spent on war machines!
https://lnkd.in/duAGP5Ch
There is another shocking fact on how the payment to these arms industries have been made! Read about the "credit card wars" in my previous article:
https://lnkd.in/eZp4GXxX
“Civilians no longer control the military because civilians have, for the most part, lost their will and way.”
Agree or disagree, this topic and book require our consideration as professionals. Two-time U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) alumnus (#AMSP and #asp3) Todd Schmidt, Ph.D. presents a compelling arguement and traces the contemporary theory and history of Civil-Military relations in the US. Our military is incredibly capable due to its expertise, placement and resources, but is our efficiency and effectiveness crowding out broader and more enduring solutions?
My TOP takeaways: (1) We may all prefer strategy driving the allocation of resources so we are able to meet our strategic position, but how long can we sustain this model? (2) The military’s size, expertise and ability to plan produces a level of preparedness not readily matched by other government agencies. (3) Our societal “intolerance” of complexity narrows options and limits implementation of truly effective solutions.
My TOP quote: “The process by which the United States copes with and confronts such challenges requires an array of competent actors from different communities, backgrounds, experiences, knowledge and expertise with the commitment, capability, and capacity to take ownership and remain engaged over the long term.”
Marshall Scholars at the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies | The Army University | Army University Press | U.S. Army Combined Arms Center | US Army TRADOC
Who owns the Military Industrial Complex?
Read this factsheet from the Schiller Institute on the financial firms that own the military industries in the U.S., and how much civilian projects can otherwise be built for the same resources spent on war machines!
https://lnkd.in/duAGP5Ch
There is another shocking fact on how the payment to these arms industries have been made! Read about the "credit card wars" in my previous article:
https://lnkd.in/eZp4GXxX
Latest Joint Forces Quarterly—great article by Dr. Kristin Mulready-Stone from Naval War College—visiting professor at Army War College—about outcomes-based assessment in PME. Starts on p. 30. If you care about PME and assessment, even the future of PME, this is THE article you need.
In what year did the U.S. Army Signal Corps acquire its first airplane, the Wright Model A Flyer?
A: 1903 👍
B: 1915 ❤️
C: 1921 😂
D: 1909 😮
The Wright Military Flyer is the world's first military airplane. Satisfying all requirements, the Army purchased the airplane for $30,000, and conducted flight training with it at nearby College Park, Maryland, and at Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Texas.
Comment your answer below: ⤵️
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Having worked with and as part of the interagency community, Andrew Morgado's takeaways from Todd Schmidt, Ph.D.'s book, "Silent Coup of the Guardians," are spot on.
☝ "We may all prefer strategy driving the allocation of resources so we are able to meet our strategic position, but how long can we sustain this model?" If policy drives strategy, then flawed or inconsistent policy in turn drives bad strategy and misguided resource allocation. One side of that equation is a major challenge... and some of it follows below.
☝ The military’s size, expertise and ability to plan produces a level of preparedness not readily matched by other government agencies. Our ideas of what constitutes "planning" are also vastly different. One agency's idea of a tabletop wargame might involve little more than uninformed resource allocation while another's might boil down to "just tell me what to do." The inconsistency of planning culture is always a challenge.
☝ "Our societal 'intolerance' of complexity narrows options and limits implementation of truly effective solutions." Societally, we have a short attention span and a general dislike of messy things (the uncertainty that comes with thinking strategically). This also describes your average reality TV show and the beltway. If you try to explain to a member of congress a strategy that will require more than the length of their term to execute, their eyes gloss over. Trust me on this, I've seen it happen more than once.
Andy's top quote is also painfully true, and a reflection of those three points: “The process by which the United States copes with and confronts such challenges requires an array of competent actors from different communities, backgrounds, experiences, knowledge and expertise with the commitment, capability, and capacity to take ownership and remain engaged over the long term.”
“Civilians no longer control the military because civilians have, for the most part, lost their will and way.”
Agree or disagree, this topic and book require our consideration as professionals. Two-time U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) alumnus (#AMSP and #asp3) Todd Schmidt, Ph.D. presents a compelling arguement and traces the contemporary theory and history of Civil-Military relations in the US. Our military is incredibly capable due to its expertise, placement and resources, but is our efficiency and effectiveness crowding out broader and more enduring solutions?
My TOP takeaways: (1) We may all prefer strategy driving the allocation of resources so we are able to meet our strategic position, but how long can we sustain this model? (2) The military’s size, expertise and ability to plan produces a level of preparedness not readily matched by other government agencies. (3) Our societal “intolerance” of complexity narrows options and limits implementation of truly effective solutions.
My TOP quote: “The process by which the United States copes with and confronts such challenges requires an array of competent actors from different communities, backgrounds, experiences, knowledge and expertise with the commitment, capability, and capacity to take ownership and remain engaged over the long term.”
Marshall Scholars at the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies | The Army University | Army University Press | U.S. Army Combined Arms Center | US Army TRADOC
