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Is there anything about cyberspace that particularly screams Air Force? Not really. If cyber warfare is going to be as all-encompassing as it's made out to be by its vigorous proponents, then it will disseminate throughout the services even more than the drone phenomenon has.

From Thomas P.M. Barnett

The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.

From Thomas P.M. Barnett

We need to remind ourselves that our ultimate goal is not to reduce greenhouse gases or global warming per se but to improve the quality of life and the environment. We all want to leave the planet in decent shape for our kids. Radically reducing greenhouse gas emissions is not necessarily the best way to achieve that.

From Thomas P.M. Barnett

Women waited 144 years before earning suffrage. If a mature, multiparty democracy was so darn easy, everybody would have one.

From Thomas P.M. Barnett

So long as the global economy continues to recover, that remains Obama's No. 1 claim to successful leadership. Nothing else even comes close.

From Thomas P.M. Barnett

The most important thing you need to know about the Pentagon is that it is not in charge of today's wars but rather tomorrow's wars.

From Thomas P.M. Barnett

Some Western demographers have posited, due to the female shortage created by the one-child policy, that China will be forced to field a vast force - as in tens of millions strong - of wifeless men who'll gladly wage wars around the planet to burn off all those unrequited hormones.

From Thomas P.M. Barnett

America has remained highly engaged in global affairs throughout decades of growing energy dependency, so it's hard to imagine it would disengage if its quest for energy self-sufficiency failed - especially amidst a world of heightened resource competition.

From Thomas P.M. Barnett

Despite living in this post-9/11 age of transnational terrorism, the risk of death during air travel has plummeted to the point where we now measure it in the 'per billions' of passengers.

From Thomas P.M. Barnett

Every U.S. president enters office promising stronger ties with our southern neighbors, only to thereupon largely ignore them.

From Thomas P.M. Barnett

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