The Pentagon’s ‘Mr. Y’ And National Security
Two Special Assistants to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen say (unofficially) it’s time, strategically, to spend more on education and less on guns. We’ll hear them out.
What if the United States has started a new century stuck in the last one, pouring resources into its military and short-changing what should be the real heart of its strength – that is, strength at home?
A strong economy. A strong society. The point is raised and made powerfully in a new essay from – of all places – the heart of the Pentagon.
Two top U.S. military strategic thinkers under the pen name “Mr. Y” are pushing hard for a new American vision. Less bristling with guns. More spending on education. For real prosperity and security.
This hour: a Pentagon call for change at home.
Full article and podcast at: http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/04/26/pentagon-security
A National Strategic Narrative
A strong economy. A strong society. The point is raised and made powerfully in a new essay from – of all places – the heart of the Pentagon.
Two top U.S. military strategic thinkers under the pen name “Mr. Y” are pushing hard for a new American vision. Less bristling with guns. More spending on education. For real prosperity and security.
This hour: a Pentagon call for change at home.
Full article and podcast at: http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/04/26/pentagon-security
- Tom Ashbrook
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