Elbridge Colby
@elbridgecolby
Principal, Marathon Initiative. Former Pentagon, 2018 National Defense Strategy, inter alia. Author of Strategy of Denial. Views my own.
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https://www.themarathoninitiative.org/elbridge-colby/ 21-12-2011 22:24:16
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extremely concerning. Elbridge Colby is right to keep a laser-focus on it (& them), where too many others get distracted too much.
Elbridge Colby The size and composition of its blue water navy is a dead giveaway. If they weren't planning on using it, it is a gross squandering of resources.
John Pang Elbridge Colby Nobody is proposing either to "own Asia" nor to "cut Asia down" Both of those false choices you mentioned would be ridiculous ideas if anyone actually propose them Mr. Colby proposes to build up military deterrence such that it raises CCP's cost/gain calculation to not try war.
Elbridge Colby Think this speaks for itself. nytimes.com/1998/01/30/opiโฆ Bombing Iraq Isn't Enough By William Kristol and Robert Kagan Jan. 30, 1998