NATO Summit in Lisbon

Skybird · 11-19-10, 05:31 PM

In Afghanistan they are negotiating with the former enemy under which conditions he can take over power. That he will stay with the finally agreed conditions, must be doubted.

Anything more to know about NATO's reorientation?

The greatest vulnerability of any miliutary is that it plans the next war by the strategies and tactis of the last war. That way, it always runs behind the present. What has been reported in outlining baout the new NATO strategy, I would rate as already outdated. Not to mention that a political will and determination as well as unity is missing.

Companies know the term of "core competences". It means that business is tailored to focus on the original branch the com pany was dealing with, and has followed longest amongst all it'S later businesses. NATO should refocus on what it originally was meant for, straighten out its overstretched fronts, and in times of tightening budgets and growing lack of political spine make sure that it'S tools are not already one generation behind when they get officially adopted.

Finally, arrogance and self-conviction should not once again lead the West to ignore the proposals of Russia, becasue for Russian conditions Medwedew has a surporisngly far-.leading paqckage of suggestions for cooperations in his luggage. But neither him nor Putin will allow to get fed with just empty promsies againb that later will once again be broken, like after 1990. Precidntion for this is that the West stops thinking that Rjussia must become like the West, but the West must learn that Russia is - Russia. Not Europe, not Asia. It is a category in itself. I am coinvionced that the Wetsern state mnodel doie snot work in Russia, and will only lead to growing destabilisation, like it once already had, 20 years ago. But stability in Russia and control over the military is what must be the West's top priority regarding Russia. Any other demands - are just noise. At best it just does no harm. At worst it leads to a regional civil wars like there already have been some, and a coup of the military, or even nation-wide civil war.

11-19-10, 05:31 PM	#4
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,705 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	In Afghanistan they are negotiating with the former enemy under which conditions he can take over power. That he will stay with the finally agreed conditions, must be doubted. Anything more to know about NATO's reorientation? The greatest vulnerability of any miliutary is that it plans the next war by the strategies and tactis of the last war. That way, it always runs behind the present. What has been reported in outlining baout the new NATO strategy, I would rate as already outdated. Not to mention that a political will and determination as well as unity is missing. Companies know the term of "core competences". It means that business is tailored to focus on the original branch the com pany was dealing with, and has followed longest amongst all it'S later businesses. NATO should refocus on what it originally was meant for, straighten out its overstretched fronts, and in times of tightening budgets and growing lack of political spine make sure that it'S tools are not already one generation behind when they get officially adopted. Finally, arrogance and self-conviction should not once again lead the West to ignore the proposals of Russia, becasue for Russian conditions Medwedew has a surporisngly far-.leading paqckage of suggestions for cooperations in his luggage. But neither him nor Putin will allow to get fed with just empty promsies againb that later will once again be broken, like after 1990. Precidntion for this is that the West stops thinking that Rjussia must become like the West, but the West must learn that Russia is - Russia. Not Europe, not Asia. It is a category in itself. I am coinvionced that the Wetsern state mnodel doie snot work in Russia, and will only lead to growing destabilisation, like it once already had, 20 years ago. But stability in Russia and control over the military is what must be the West's top priority regarding Russia. Any other demands - are just noise. At best it just does no harm. At worst it leads to a regional civil wars like there already have been some, and a coup of the military, or even nation-wide civil war. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.