{"id":1915,"date":"2006-08-29T03:56:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-29T03:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2006-08-29T03:56:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-29T03:56:00","slug":"1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=1915","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

BARNETT ON ROBB<\/b><\/p>\n

Dr. Barnett<\/strong> <\/a>offers a helpful critique <\/a>of John Robb’s<\/strong> <\/a>recent analysis “PLAYING WITH WAR<\/a>“<\/p>\n

While Robb’s post was excellent, I disagree with Robb’s certainty of “It is not possible to reverse the clock” on the scenario he describes. Of course it is. The ” clock” is a metaphor for a political dynamic, in this case, a global one, which is why it is going to be very difficult to change, hence the resonance of Robb’s reasoning. However, if you create a provocation of a sufficient magnitude then you enter a revolutionary moment where the previously impossible or unthinkable suddenly has become all too present or real. That’s the nature of revolutions, system perturbations and paradigm shifts; they represent creative destruction unfolding.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

John disagrees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To an extent, I think there’s a tendency to talk past one another in the short blog post format. It would be rather cool to put together a symposium with Tom and John and invite some other ” big names” like Martin van Creveld, William Lind, Chet Richards, Ralph Peters, Antulio J. Echevarria, Robert Kaplan, John Arquilla -perhaps a senior general officer or two like Abizaid and Petraeus or a military historian like John Keegan. Let them hash out the future of globalization and war at a high profile location – say, West Point in front of an audience of cadets -and televise it on C-Span.<\/p>\n

The discussion could only do the country some good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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