Sometimes, the articles showcased in Milstack Saturday reflect nothing more than serendipity. Every once in a while, however, they follow a theme. This week, for example, the links will introduce you to ideas that dance in the places where warfare and politics come together.
Mushkelji, who tells Tales of the Companion Cavalry, sees counter-insurgency techniques championed by David Galula at work in the world of indie media.
Secretary of Defense Rock, who reminds us that History Does You, uses events from the life of Clausewitz to argue that, pace Samuel Huntington, military professionals cannot stand aloof from politics.
Charles Pick, student of Empires Past and Present, examines some of the bureaucratic dynamics at work in both the clotshot crisis and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Stephen Lahanas, the landlord at Raving Reviews, provides a précis of the cinematic classic Dr. Strangelove.
Kylee Daitz, at the Connecting File, showcases the challenge of weaving informational actions into the tactical repertoires of American Marines.
Military Not aloof from politics. Oh we’re years into politics. Why in 2015 NCO school Basic Leadership Course had DIME analysis every morning.
Then there’s all the ruckus since, and involving the National Guard - not from DC but out of state/District - in the January 2021 flap.
And more…
Oh dear.
But our POTUS spares the military this poisoned chalice. Now Fortunately America has a wonderful and far superior alternative to Prussian overstepping called ICE, the MAGA Gendarmerie answer to the Deep State IC / DOJ politicalization.
And for those on the other side, the Deep State , DOJ, NGO complex has hardly vanished.
Why a turn of the fickle franchise or a luckier man than Crook and all may change again!