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In Reply to: RE: Anthony Cordesman posted by M3 lover on February 02, 2024 at 08:47:12
But his work as part of The Deep State definitely compromised him IMHO.
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. . . other Atlanticist MSM news sources consumed by "the educated class"? ;-)
He used His intellect to advance theories of peace...don't understand why anybody would think that is an asterisk in his life. Strategic thinking and strategic planning are two different things...the strategic planners take facts and intended outcomes and execute actions based upon the task at hand. Strategic plannners lay it out so you can play it out...and Cordesman was masterful in that art. His many books highlight that aspect as well.
I interpreted his audio reviews as also being highly intellectual. I got the sense that he was at a different level compared to other reviewers. I understood him. Maybe some people did not. Yeah, that's it. Great guy with a lasting legacy.
To ask some questions is to answer them.
Lizzie Borden said that.
Not.
john
PS: I know a lot about Strategic Studies (I applied to Air Force Academy, but was rejected on health/eyesight grounds), and I had a couple of phone chats with Tony that would curl everyone's hair. Or, as the case might be, straighten it. Tony, Neil Gader, and Scot Markwell were the ones I missed most when I voluntarily left TAS.
Alas, an asterisk will indeed always accompany his name. I can only hope it's a lesson for others.
You don't agree with his politics. Fair enough.Why the asterisk? What is the "lesson for others"? Did his life's work as a 'think tank' and DOD analyst influence/bias his avocational writing about audio equipment?
Perhaps my irony was not sufficiently apparent. I agree with you, not the poster to whom I responded, whose reference to the "deep state" in a RIP thread I found, um, both inappropriate and self-parodic.
thnx. for clarification.
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