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Feifdoms and warlords
Fri, Nov 9th, 2012
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By Col. Stan Gudmundson
By the time this letter is printed we shall know who will be president for the next four years. If it is Romney then this letter will help to reaffirm why he was elected. If it is Obama then it will help explain why the majority of Americans made another huge mistake.
It has to do with the appalling presidential dereliction of duty at Benghazi. First however, I need to provide bit of a tutorial.
The military has divided the entire earth into what are called “Areas of Responsibility (AORs). I call these “fiefdoms.” Each AOR is commanded by a four star Admiral or General. These guys I call “warlords.” Each has a headquarters and a staff to support them. That means they also have created a variety of standing plans to meet contingencies.
For example, NORTHCOM (short for Northern Command) is North America, SOUTHCOM is Latin and South America, EUCOM includes Europe and Russia, CENTCOM covers the Middle East, PACOM is responsible for the Pacific Region, and AFRICOM has responsibilities in for Africa. AFRICOM’s headquarters is in Germany.
The chain of command for each of these AORs runs from President to the Secretary of Defense and then to the four-star commander Warlord. These Warlords are our military’s combatant commanders. This means that the Pentagon, Joint Chiefs of Staff (that includes all of the heads of each service), and other agencies to include the State Department, CIA and so on are not in the chain of command.
Unless the Fiefdom is actively involved in military operations, they generally don’t have many actual forces assigned to them. Some do though as in the case of AFRICOM. AFRICOM had special forces people and equipment to include airplanes on alert in Sigonella, Italy to respond to contingencies such as the terrorist attack in Benghazi.
Within minutes of the attack on Benghazi a “FLASH” message was sent out. These are the highest priority of all messages. The world comes to stop to deal with these once received. That would also include any other AORs besides AFRICOM and would be most pertinent to EUCOM who is the closest AOR that could actually help AFRICOM. Others would be standing by to assist if necessary.
Insofar as it goes, Hillary Clinton was correct when she said she is responsible for embassy security. Her response however, in disagreeable effort to take the blame, is valid only .....
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By the time this letter is printed we shall know who will be president for the next four years. If it is Romney then this letter will help to reaffirm why he was elected. If it is Obama then it will help explain why the majority of Americans made another huge mistake.
It has to do with the appalling presidential dereliction of duty at Benghazi. First however, I need to provide bit of a tutorial.
The military has divided the entire earth into what are called “Areas of Responsibility (AORs). I call these “fiefdoms.” Each AOR is commanded by a four star Admiral or General. These guys I call “warlords.” Each has a headquarters and a staff to support them. That means they also have created a variety of standing plans to meet contingencies.
For example, NORTHCOM (short for Northern Command) is North America, SOUTHCOM is Latin and South America, EUCOM includes Europe and Russia, CENTCOM covers the Middle East, PACOM is responsible for the Pacific Region, and AFRICOM has responsibilities in for Africa. AFRICOM’s headquarters is in Germany.
The chain of command for each of these AORs runs from President to the Secretary of Defense and then to the four-star commander Warlord. These Warlords are our military’s combatant commanders. This means that the Pentagon, Joint Chiefs of Staff (that includes all of the heads of each service), and other agencies to include the State Department, CIA and so on are not in the chain of command.
Unless the Fiefdom is actively involved in military operations, they generally don’t have many actual forces assigned to them. Some do though as in the case of AFRICOM. AFRICOM had special forces people and equipment to include airplanes on alert in Sigonella, Italy to respond to contingencies such as the terrorist attack in Benghazi.
Within minutes of the attack on Benghazi a “FLASH” message was sent out. These are the highest priority of all messages. The world comes to stop to deal with these once received. That would also include any other AORs besides AFRICOM and would be most pertinent to EUCOM who is the closest AOR that could actually help AFRICOM. Others would be standing by to assist if necessary.
Insofar as it goes, Hillary Clinton was correct when she said she is responsible for embassy security. Her response however, in disagreeable effort to take the blame, is valid only .....
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Correction
Fri, Nov 2nd, 2012
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In the Candidate Q&A on October 29, 2012, Dave Culbenson was listed as running for Rushford City Council, when he should have been listed under Peterson City Council.
Civil Discourse and the Clash of Ideas
Fri, Nov 2nd, 2012
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By Lee Hamilton
The election of 2012 has called attention to how difficult it is for Americans to talk reasonably with one another about public policy challenges. Our civic dialogue — how we sort through issues and reason with one another — is
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Just Vote
Fri, Nov 2nd, 2012
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By Eric Leitzen
Well, that title should prove frightening enough to fill the qualifications for Halloween. By now you’re probably expecting me to launch into some sort of rant and rave about this candidate or that policy or who’s a socialist o
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Correction
Fri, Nov 2nd, 2012
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In the article “Caboose has rolled into Preston” in the October 29, 2012, issue of the Fillmore County Journal, it should be clarified that the project was not funded by ISTEA.
One Moment, Please... Taxes are boring, but real
Fri, Nov 2nd, 2012
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I hear it all the time.
People complain about taxes, but yet never really know where there money is going. People don’t like talking about taxes. It’s right up their with politics and religion, and sometimes even involves those two dynamics.
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Thoughts about tomorrow’s election
Fri, Nov 2nd, 2012
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The election has been upstaged by “Sandy.” The devastation reminds us that there is a power greater than ours, and that we have limited control of our destiny. For those who have lost their homes to wind, fire and flood, voting must seem inco
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Local residents weigh in on the proposed marriage amendment
Fri, Oct 26th, 2012
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Mary Thomas of Preston
Personally, I don’t think we should be voting on this issue, there are way too many other issues that are more important. Like focusing on who do we really want to run this country and who do we really want to represent our
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One Moment, Please... Politics aside
Fri, Oct 26th, 2012
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Certainly, most of us would like to fast forward to November 7 right now, so we could bypass the election and begin the next chapter in our lives, whatever that will be.
But really, for me, it’s all relative. Elections come and go. Figureheads
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