{"id":3257,"date":"2009-11-20T05:07:38","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T05:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2009-11-21T04:27:31","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T04:27:31","slug":"the-end-of-defense-and-the-national-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=3257","title":{"rendered":"The End of Defense and the National Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Chet Richards<\/strong> announced that DNI<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>is set to adjourn sine die<\/em>.<\/p>\n

DNI set to close\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Probably on Monday, November 23, depending on how my travels work out.\u00a0Please go ahead and download any thing you\u2019d like to keep \u2014 I\u2019d particularly recommend Boyd\u2019s briefings and the 4GW manuals.<\/strong><\/span> I have great faith in the growing number of bloggers and commentators who cover many of the same subjects we did –\u00a0check <\/strong>out a few of them in the \u201cBlogs\u201d and \u201cOther Sites\u201d sections on the right.<\/span><\/p>\n

DNI started in March 1999 with a grant from Danielle Brian and the folks at the Project on Government Oversight. Its original purpose was to house the growing collection of\u00a0<\/strong>Chuck Spinney\u2019s commentaries<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on the foibles of our defense program (when you read these, keep in mind this was during the Clinton era. \u00a0We were not associated with any political party). \u00a0If you\u2019re interested in strengthening our position in 4GW, I\u2019d suggest a generous donation to POGO. \u00a0You could also run for office.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to thank Danielle, Chuck, Marcus Corbin (our original project officer at POGO and the person who commissioned\u00a0<\/strong>A Swift, Elusive Sword<\/strong><\/em>), Ginger Richards (who designed and operated all the various versions of the site), Bill Lind and all of our other contributors, and all who have taken the time to compose comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chet Richards<\/strong>, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>This is a shame, but everything has its time. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>DNI served as an important counterpoint to the “conventional wisdom” in military affairs long before the growth of the now influential \u00a0defense\/.mil\/intel\/COIN\/national security blogosphere. In addition to hosting the entertaining jeremiads of William Lind<\/strong>, Dr. Richards was the steward of the legacy of the great American strategist\u00a0Colonel John Boyd<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the benefactor of the 4GW<\/strong> School of strategic analysis. DNI was not only a resource for scholars and strategists interested in Boyd’s theories, it was a forum for vigorous debate at a time when unconventional views on military reform were unpopular as well as obscure.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Personally, I have learned much from both DNI and from Dr. Richards whom I had the pleasure of meeting in 2007, at the Boyd Conference<\/strong> at Quantico ( where I met other blogfriends and readers including\u00a0Shane Deichman<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Dan TDAXP<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Shlok Vaidya<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>John Robb<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Adam Elkus<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Dave Dilegge<\/strong><\/a>, Frank Hoffman<\/strong>,\u00a0Don Vandergriff<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Frans Osinga<\/strong>, Ski<\/strong>, Isaac<\/strong> and Morgan<\/strong>). This event subsequently led to much good reading, writing, discussion and still more new friends now too numerous to mention here. \u00a0The keynote speaker that day was Col. Frans Osinga, whose magnum opus\u00a0 Science, Strategy and War: The Strategic Theory of John Boyd<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is still the most comprehensive and detailed text on John Boyd’s strategic thought that we are ever likely to see.<\/p>\n

Consequently, as a regular reader, I would like to thank Chet both for his hard work over the years as editor of DNI and for his occasional advice and contributions to\u00a0various projects<\/a>\u00a0and discussions that have occurred in this section of the blogosphere. Dr. Richards appears to be very busy with his business consulting these days and I wish him the very best in his future endeavors.<\/p>\n

DNI will soon be gone, but it will not be forgotten.<\/p>\n

ADDENDUM:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joseph Fouche<\/strong> is a step ahead on the Boyd downloads<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are the 4GW manuals <\/a>(temp).<\/p>\n

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

James Fallows<\/strong> on Chet Richards and\u00a0DNI<\/a><\/p>\n

Planet Russell<\/strong> on John Boyd and DNI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Chet Richards announced that DNI\u00a0is set to adjourn sine die. DNI set to close\u00a0 \u00a0Probably on Monday, November 23, depending on how my travels work out.\u00a0Please go ahead and download any thing you\u2019d like to keep \u2014 I\u2019d particularly recommend Boyd\u2019s briefings and the 4GW manuals. I have great faith in the growing number […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570,262,402,337,60,78,336,338,39,367,340,270,104,131,127,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-570","category-4gw","category-boyd-2007","category-chet-richards","category-dni","category-ideas","category-intellectuals","category-john-boyd","category-military","category-military-history","category-military-reform","category-national-security","category-reform","category-security","category-strategy","category-theory","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}