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Preventive War and Counter-Terror
Major Dennis W. Lid - 9/11/2007
The strategy of containment employed during the Cold War era is passé and defunct, and, therefore, no longer valid. Times have changed, especially since the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01. Superpower America has adopted a new national strategy of preventive war and preemptive strike as proclaimed by t...

The Judas Syndrom: American Media and the War on Terror
Major Dennis W. Lid - 9/11/2007
It's happening again, just like it did during the Vietnam Conflict. The collective voice of a disaffected public grows louder with each negative incident that occurs in Iraq. As the fatalities increase and the casualties mount from the daily incidence of improvised explosive devices, ambushes, ass...

Overwhelmed
Major Dennis W. Lid - 3/3/2008
We have arrived! We have reached the point of no return. I first noticed it about twenty years ago while on an international airline flight from Tokyo to Chicago. The stewardess couldn’t make change for a ten dollar bill for the purchase of an item. She couldn’t find the correct change, so I wasn’t ...

Trust?
Major Dennis W. Lid - 2/25/2010
It’s all a matter of trust, and, frankly, the people don’t trust you. “You” refers to the government, big business and the media. The lack of trust applies to a huge assortment of entities. It starts with the present federal government administration, including the President and his vast assortment ...