Security – Page 29 – Schirach Report

Margaret Thatcher Won Many Battles, But Thatcherism Lost – The Western Societies She Wanted To Turn Around Believe In State Programs and Most of All Continue To Spend On Unaffordable Entitlement Programs

By Paolo von Schirach April 14, 2013 WASHINGTON – Margaret Thatcher is on the cover of The Economist with an...

Obama’s Budget Includes Only Timid Entitlement Reforms – Dramatically Different Demographics Require Serious Restructuring – But Fear Of Political Backlash Prevents Action

By Paolo von Schirach April 11, 2013 WASHINGTON – Let’s keep this simple, Obama’s latest budget proposal indicates that this...

T. Boone Pickens Still Pushing His Plan To Adopt US Produced Natural Gas As Transportation Fuel – A Great Idea Whose Time Has Come

By Paolo von Schirach February 22, 2013 WASHINGTON – T. Boone Pickens keeps pushing forward his plan to convert...

Hillary Clinton Is Very Popular, Yet Her Record As Secretary Of State Is Unremarkable – No Major Success – All Critical Issues, from Iran To North Korea, Unresolved

By Paolo von Schirach February 2, 2013 WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton just had her last day as...

Big Pentagon Cuts Coming – Can America Have Lower Defense Spending And An Adequate Force? In Principle Yes; But More Easily Said Than Done

By Paolo von Schirach January 31, 2013 WASHINGTON – With or without the unwise, draconian cuts envisaged by the...

Costly And Inconclusive Afghanistan Campaign Coming To A Close – Yet Nobody Wants To Spell Out That The Nation Building Strategy Was A Dumb Idea – The US Initial Goal Was To Defeat Al Qaeda, Washington Changed It Into Modernizing A Primitive Society

By Paolo von Schirach January 13, 2013 WASHINGTON – Afghan President Hamid Karzai was in Washington to talk about...

America’s Strategic Priorities: Economic Growth Now, Spending Cuts Later – It Makes Sense, But No One Knows How To Do It – Deficits Do Not Stimulate Growth, Serious Spending Reform Plans Not Even On The Table

By Paolo von Schirach January 5, 2013 WASHINGTON – If we step back from the acrimonious and inconclusive Washington...

Leaving Aside The Details Of The Unfolding Political Battles, America Is Fundamentally In Denial About The Severity Of Its Fiscal/Economic Predicament – President Obama Has No Plan – He Does Not Lead

By Paolo von Schirach January 4, 2013 WASHINGTON – Deep down all individuals engaged in self-destructive behavior...

Obama Won The “Fiscal Cliff” Political Battle – He Convinced America That Problems Will Be Solved With Higher Taxes For The Rich – Very Clever, But Untrue – US Needs Entitlement Reform, New Taxes Will Solve Nothing

By Paolo von Schirach December 22, 2012 WASHINGTON – So far at least, it would appear that...

Accountability Review Board Found That Security Was “Profoundly Weak” In Benghazi – Yet Do Not Expect Top Policy Makers To Pay Any Price For The Death Of Four Americans – Secretary Of State Clinton About To Leave Office, May Manage Not To Testify

By Paolo von Schirach December 19, 2012 WASHINGTON – The attack against the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya which...

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