View Full Version : State Dept. planning to field a small army in Iraq
The U.S. Army gets to supply equipment. Contractors will do the rest. The U.S. State Department will run the show.
What could possibly go wrong?
LINK (http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97915/state-dept-planning-to-field-a.html#ixzz0uRFpicpy)
Dozer523
08-01-2010, 12:36
Any statement that includes the phrase "blurring the line between . . ." makes me nervous.
Any statement that includes the phrase "blurring the line between . . ." makes me nervous.FWIW, I agree.
This blurring of the lines was suggested by SecDef Gates to the state department. He laid out the case for the blurring in a piece for the May/June 2010 issue Foreign Affairs. That essay is available here (http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66224/robert-m-gates/helping-others-defend-themselves). (FWIW, I find his discussion of SF problematic.)
Transformation is just around the corner...:eek:
ZonieDiver
08-03-2010, 14:43
The U.S. Army gets to supply equipment. Contractors will do the rest. The U.S. State Department will run the show.
What could possibly go wrong?
LINK (http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97915/state-dept-planning-to-field-a.html#ixzz0uRFpicpy)
I hope it is not anything like this:
sounds like politik-speak for "we're all out of ideas"