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2020-11-02 Government

Pentagon Draw-Down at U.S. Embassies Prompts Concern About Ceding Field to Global Rivals

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Posted by Clem 2020-11-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 What if the colonels were given a set of shiny sprockets to wear?

Posted by Thrairong Ebbusomp4597 2020-11-02 01:32|| 2020-11-02 01:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Bad news for the MIC and 'Job After' military crowd. Intelligence community to lose embassy cover, forced to resume traditional clandestine collection? Working from home is catching on. Zoom in !

Posted by Besoeker 2020-11-02 03:12|| 2020-11-02 03:12|| Front Page Top

#3 #1 that's a point that 'experts' never want to contemplate. If you only have a small number of generals, then being a colonel becomes even more important to cover the field. Look up the ratio of general officers to overall service numbers in WW2 and today. That wasn't any grade 'creep' that was a quick march.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-11-02 05:30|| 2020-11-02 05:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Thank goodness we avoided this in Iraq and Afghanistan!

Posted by Iblis 2020-11-02 09:28|| 2020-11-02 09:28|| Front Page Top

#5 If keeping an eye on things is the job, I'da thought a low key SF captain and team would do a better job than a guy in an office at the embassy.
Apparantly a swivel chair is very important in this line of wourk.

Posted by ed in texas 2020-11-02 22:09|| 2020-11-02 22:09|| Front Page Top

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