Tom around the web

+ Indistinct Union linked Is Gates really saying....
+ Hidden Unities linked Petraeus and Fallon are good choices.
+ NonParty Politics linked the transcript from the coverage of PNM's first chapter on Hugh's show.
+ So did Penraker.
+ Humoud linked Time for America to grow up about the global connectivity of foreign direct investment.
+ Opposed Systems Design linked FEMA: we don't budget for disasters and The virtuous circle on security: the slippery slope to resiliency.
+ leahpeah linked I wouldn't dream of giving up the blog.
+ Phil Windley's Technometria linked Can Israel and Iran grow up?.
+ Observing Japan linked Infantile US Strategy on China.
+ So did The Moderate Voice.
+ So did ATARAXIA.
+ Juan Freire, writing in Spanish, linked Tom's weblog as an interesting reference for 'open source war' and 'net war'.
+ ZenPundit linked the transcript for the coverage of the second chapter of PHM on Hugh's show.
+ So did Power Line.
+ Dumb Looks Still Free did a long post on it.
+ A Fistful of Euros linked today's column and Can Israel and Iran grow up?.
+ Mike Burleson referred to Tom's take on Petraeus in Monks of War in his editorial Bush Finds a General.
+ 21st Century Schizoid Man linked last week's column.
+ Big Lizards said he wanted 'to find something to complain about ever since he dissed naval air on Hugh Hewitt's show', so he picked last week's column. (I didn't find the critique effective.)
+ New Yorker in DC linked Getting smart on Sys Admin: the crashing course.

+ And finally, when Critt couldn't find an online link to the paper where he saw Tom's column, The Patriot Ledger, Monday, January 8, 2007, editorial page, he sent in a scan. I forgot to post it last week, but here it is this week. Thanks, Critt!

Comments

[Desiree Fox]

Personally, I like the headline "Forget the hedgehog, we need a fox!"

Silly, I know :)

[Dafydd ab Hugh]

TPM Barnett:

Hm -- "I didn't find the critique effective" is a bit vague...

I hope you caught the fact that I find the Pentagon's New Map to be an extraordinarily interesting book that has certainly improved my understanding of the world. I also support your central thesis, assuming I "get it" correctly.

Here is a later post in which I tried to apply your Functioning Core/Non-Integrating Gap argument to our changing military strategies though the decades, in response to a comment on an earlier post where some reader asked me what had changed in "military science" since 9/11. (Note, I am not any kind of a military expert and don't pretend to be; I'm just a writer answering as best I can. Serious error is always an option.)

Into the Gap, Dear Friends!

If I got your ideas wrong (or some other error in my post rankles enough that you feel compelled to point it out), I'll happily correct it, if I can.

Thanks,

Dafydd

[Sean Meade]

hey, Dafydd, i posted that, not Tom. me, the little old webmaster ;-)

it was a brief treatment because of the nature of the post.

a little more content:

- the stated motivation, 'itching to find something' b/c of slight to naval air, underwhelms- hedgehogs v. foxes is simple. de-simplifying it as critique is not useful. of course there's a range...- you counter Tom's assessments based solely on conservative economics. a little hedgehog-ic yourself, aye? ;-)- your next bold statement doesn't pertain to Tom at all. he just posted on the uselessness of socialism last week



re: 'Into the Gap...'

have you seen Tom's profile of Rumsfeld, including the complete interview transcript?

looks like your understanding of Tom is accurate. no surprise. you obviously have a good mind.

[konaman]

Dafydd: how does the current nuclear arming of proxy states throughout the ME - coming to a neighborhood near you - -with assistance of major powers (US, Russia, China) fit into the paradigm. Seems like classic BOP; a resurgance of great game and not at all different from previous paradigms. Wouldnt be so quick to dismiss as lesser includeds a nuclear armed middle east.

[nykrindc]

Just wanted to point that Humoud lifted my post on Islamic Banking verbatim (at least the first 2 paragraps) and posted it on his site. Don't know what that is about, but in any case, since he only copied the first two paragraphs, for anyone who is interested, here's the rest of the post on my site. Should I be flattered, or worried?

+ Humoud linked Time for America to grow up about the global connectivity of foreign direct investment.

[nykrindc]

Also, the post is an old one which Sean linked to in the past.

Sorry to take space up on this, but just wanted to clarify this. I hope you don't mind.