Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor under President Carter, believes that the Bush Administration must implement a four-step plan to disengage the US military from Iraq. Speaking at a media breakfast in Washington on May 25, Brzezinski told reporters that his plan calls for the new Iraqi government to assume control and US troops to pull out in one year. It also entails a firm date, announced jointly by the Iraqi and American governments. He would have the Iraqi government invite Muslim countries to discuss ways to stabilize Iraq. And, he believes that the US should organize a conference for nation states with an interest in oil to discuss ways to stabilize the Iraqi economy.
More USAF ‘Operational Imperatives’ Likely Coming
Aug. 11, 2022
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall distilled the top fighting priorities of the Air Force and Space Force into seven “operational imperatives” chiefly as a mechanism to identify the spending transitions needed in the fiscal 2023 budget. But they are likely to persist, and more—on electronic warfare, cyber, and munitions—may be…