Comments on: Winds Of Change http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/winds-of-change/ Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:59:36 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: JasonSigger http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/winds-of-change/#comment-8733 JasonSigger Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:40:10 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/winds-of-change/#comment-8733 <p>Latter, correct. It’s an obstacle, don’t see it going away.</p> Latter, correct. It’s an obstacle, don’t see it going away.

]]> By: Spencer Ackerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/winds-of-change/#comment-8722 Spencer Ackerman Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:28:14 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/winds-of-change/#comment-8722 <p>Jason, I saw your simple-answers post on this and was going to respond in my own, but I wasn’t sure if you were making a normative point (”things should be this way”) or descriptively highlighting the obstacles to meeting Cartwright’s musing. I suspect the latter. Right?</p> Jason, I saw your simple-answers post on this and was going to respond in my own, but I wasn’t sure if you were making a normative point (”things should be this way”) or descriptively highlighting the obstacles to meeting Cartwright’s musing. I suspect the latter. Right?

]]> By: JasonSigger http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/winds-of-change/#comment-8719 JasonSigger Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:12:56 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/winds-of-change/#comment-8719 <p>Yes, of course the services will fall right in line with the new direction, just like they did for the last two-three QDRs… Each service has a full-time QDR office who plans for this three years in advance. The Joint Staff and OSD includes military officers who know they have to go back to the services, sooner or later. The Services still own the budget and the R&D programs - they still “train, organize and equip” their own unique forces. </p> <p>What part of this makes you think that the QDR and the FY10-11 budget will do anything other than tweak the existing paradigm? It’s all well for Gates and Cartwright to make these bold statements, which is all very good and logical. But until the Services, and more importantly, the House and Senate armed services committees decide otherwise, we will have duplicative and wasteful defense programs. </p> <p>The answer to the question, “Do we always have to have every thing in every service?” is YES. Not gonna change until we have one armed force like the Canadians instead of four feuding branches.</p> Yes, of course the services will fall right in line with the new direction, just like they did for the last two-three QDRs… Each service has a full-time QDR office who plans for this three years in advance. The Joint Staff and OSD includes military officers who know they have to go back to the services, sooner or later. The Services still own the budget and the R&D programs – they still “train, organize and equip” their own unique forces.

What part of this makes you think that the QDR and the FY10-11 budget will do anything other than tweak the existing paradigm? It’s all well for Gates and Cartwright to make these bold statements, which is all very good and logical. But until the Services, and more importantly, the House and Senate armed services committees decide otherwise, we will have duplicative and wasteful defense programs.

The answer to the question, “Do we always have to have every thing in every service?” is YES. Not gonna change until we have one armed force like the Canadians instead of four feuding branches.

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