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Monday, May 24, 2004 |
 One thing that should worry an entrepreneurial market-state like the US: the best military entrepreneurs aren't working for it.
11:54:40 AM 
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GG Journal: a Kalashnikov moment. Sorry, I can't help putting on my entrepreneurial hat here. The opportunity space is too compelling. A new term: Herfing.
9:15:49 AM
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WP. A recount of Perle's insider activity at the DoD. It's amazing how closely the problems in US corporate governance (insider self-dealing, a lack of accountability, etc.) are being replicated in the Pentagon.
An investigation by the Pentagon's inspector general concluded last fall that Perle had not violated ethics rules, in part because certain restrictions did not apply to him as chairman of the Defense Policy Board and in part because he "did not mention or invoke" his unpaid position when he contacted the State Department on behalf of a company.
8:02:40 AM
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Safire sees a CIA/UN plot to oust Chalabi and the Kurds from power. Iraq is turning into a maelstrom of competitive non-strategies.
7:52:46 AM
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Zinni is instigating a shareholder/customer revolt: “There has been poor strategic thinking in this,” says Zinni. “There has been poor operational planning and execution on the ground. And to think that we are going to ‘stay the course,’ the course is headed over Niagara Falls. I think it's time to change course a little bit, or at least hold somebody responsible for putting you on this course. Because it's been a failure.”
7:06:52 AM
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© Copyright 2004 John Robb.
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