{"id":45559,"date":"2015-07-18T03:32:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T03:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=45559"},"modified":"2015-07-18T03:32:15","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T03:32:15","slug":"war-and-policing-at-the-break-it-down-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=45559","title":{"rendered":"War and Policing at The Break it Down Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[by <strong>Mark Safranski<\/strong>, a.k.a. &#8220;<strong>zen<\/strong>&#8220;]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/556187034973257729\/A6twfcdo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breakitdownshow.com\/\">The Break it Down Show<\/a><\/strong> hosted two guests of interest to the <strong>ZP<\/strong> readership recently, both authors.<\/p>\n<p>The first is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgwaltz.com\/about\/\">LTC Michael G. Waltz<\/a>,<\/strong> a fellow at the<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/\">New America Foundation<\/a><\/strong> and former <strong>DoD<\/strong> and <strong>NSC<\/strong> official in the second <strong>Bush<\/strong> and the <strong>Obama<\/strong> administrations as well as a twice deployed <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goarmy.com\/special-forces.html\">Green Beret<\/a><\/strong> (res.) commander in <strong>Afghanistan<\/strong>. An expert in counterterrorism, counternarcotics policy and unconventional warfare, Waltz is the author of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1wSmAse\">Warrior Diplomat<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>( see my review<a href=\"http:\/\/pragati.nationalinterest.in\/2015\/01\/diplomatic-warfare\/\"><strong> here <\/strong>at<strong> Pragati Magazine<\/strong><\/a>). Jon and Pete discuss <strong>COIN<\/strong> and where Afghanistan is headed with Michael Waltz below.<\/p>\n<table id=\"blogTable\" class=\"wsite-not-footer\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div id=\"958949412844083241-blog\" class=\"blog-body\">\n<div id=\"wsite-content\">\n<div id=\"blog-post-817745535332122056\" class=\"blog-post\">\n<div class=\"blog-header\">\n<h2 class=\"blog-title\"><a class=\"blog-title-link blog-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.breakitdownshow.com\/episodes\/52-michael-g-waltz\">52 &#8211; Michael G. Waltz<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"blog-date\"><span class=\"date-text\">7\/14\/2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"blog-comments\"><a class=\"blog-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.breakitdownshow.com\/episodes\/52-michael-g-waltz#comments\">0 Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-content\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"873613420875524184\" class=\"wcustomhtml\" align=\"left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3673568\/height\/360\/width\/640\/theme\/standard\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The second guest,<a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=44607\"> returning<\/a> for his second appearance, is a longtime friend of <strong>ZP<\/strong> blog,\u00a0<strong>Lieutenant Fred Leland<\/strong> of <strong>Walpole, Massachusetts Police Department<\/strong>. \u00a0Leland is the founder of the highly regarded <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lesc.net\/blog\/\">Law Enforcement &amp; Security Consulting blog<\/a>, <\/strong>a contributor to<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.policeone.com\/columnists\/fred-leland\/\">PoliceOne.com<\/a>, <\/strong>a nationally known trainer in tactical decision making<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and co-author (with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/donvandergriff.wordpress.com\/about\/\">Don Vandergriff<\/a><\/strong>) of \u00a0the excellent\u00a0<strong><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Adaptive-Leadership-Handbook-Enforcement-Security-ebook\/dp\/B00HCFI22O\">Adaptive Leadership Handbook &#8211; Law Enforcement &amp; Security<\/a>. <\/span><\/strong><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">\u00a0Fred discusses police training and law enforcement and public perception with Jon and Pete below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-header\">\n<h2 class=\"blog-title\"><a class=\"blog-title-link blog-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.breakitdownshow.com\/episodes\/47-fred-leland-part-2\">47 &#8211; Fred Leland &#8211; part 2<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"blog-date\"><span class=\"date-text\">6\/18\/2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"blog-comments\"><a class=\"blog-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.breakitdownshow.com\/episodes\/47-fred-leland-part-2#comments\">0 Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-content\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"759324965482977511\" class=\"wcustomhtml\" align=\"left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3623252\/height\/360\/width\/640\/theme\/standard\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-social\">\n<div class=\"blog-social-item blog-fb-like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. &#8220;zen&#8220;] The Break it Down Show hosted two guests of interest to the ZP readership recently, both authors. 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