Who Leads A Democracy - Including Ours, Back Here In The USA? Well?

   (Commentary posted by Roger Erickson)

[Uh ... it's now tens of trillions.]

“The biggest issue is that [the Iraqi's] were decently equipped when we left,” said Jones. “But they were not well-led"

If that doesn't say it all about the MICC, I don't know what does.

No wonder ISIS soon took large amounts of said equipment from the Iraqis, at will. And no wonder the MICC continues taking ever larger amounts of resources from the American people, also at will.

That said, the current training effort in Iraq could actually work? In spite of the MICC?

ps: Who leads us, back here in the USA? Well?

Is some domestic self-retraining & increased practice at Democracy also long past overdue? If quality (including tempo) of distributed decision-making is our best asset, why aren't we focusing on our investment in improving that asset?

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(the following is forwarded with permission from Chuck Spinney)

Who is inside whose OODA Loop? 

 'Attached below is a prima facie evidence that ISIS has spooked everyone — except, of course, the defense contractors joyously cashing in on the the latest war. Note particularly the absurd self-referencing statements in the last two paragraphs. Apparently General Austin, the commander of Centcom, believes holding a meeting is an achievement in itself (a “milestone”) and that this “milestone” is an indicator of what the enemy fears the most — a huge ungainly coalition addicted to holding meetings. 

What we are witnessing is a closed mentality that smacks of increasing entropy inside a system that cannot communicate in an ordered way with the real world. This is precisely what happens when an OODA loop folds back on itself, sees what it whats to see, and succumbs to the temptations of incestuous amplification. (as defined in slides 40-50 of this briefing).'  Chuck Spinney

30 nations at MacDill AFB to plot Islamic State’s demise

Then what? Back to astray dogs & lead paint?