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I have been out for a bit. Catching up.

John - please feel free to use anything from my site.

I am thoroughly enjoying your book on. Iran and Islam. I did indeed buy a copy. I think buying your books is the best way for all of us to support you.

I am eager to read your new book on China.

John,

Thank you for asking. She is fully recovered. After numerous procedures, she is cancer free and back to full activity. She is a concert musician and instrument professor, and she is fully engaged with her work and students. She makes the world a more beautiful place by being in it.

John, I totally agree with you on the Infation/Deflation topic. Here is what I wrote about it: Hyper Inflation or Deflation As deficits and stock market speculation reach all time high levels, we are inevitably headed towards a financial crisis. This time the national banks will be unable to do much...

One question that I have is: How would American ground troops be introduced into the war? In WW II, the troops massed in Britain, and were sent across the English Channel to Europe. What would be the analogous scenario in the next war? This is a rough response, but I think you would like some thoug...

Navigator, actually I would dispute one point: "We are only experienced at fighting counter insurgency" I don't believe this is correct. Gulf War I was no counter-insurgency. Major head-to-head tank battles took place without the benefit of air support. The US commanders, crews and equipment perfor...

Despite the loss of life and treasure, the US has been honing her fighting skills since Gulf War I. Prior to that there were a lot of shortcomings that were only uncovered by field operations and actual combat. Now our armor, weapons, tactics and electronic coordination, drone use, etc. is superior...

So I've now been unemployed for two years, and I'm coming to the point where I'm going to run out of money this year, probably in the July-October time frame, and that will be the end of both me and Generational Dynamics. I'm very grateful to those of you who have provided one-time donations. They ...

Here is what I wrote about the Electrical Grid on my own blog at www.comingstorms.com Our Achilles Heel In war, the best approach to take is to go after your enemy’s “Achilles Heel”. In World War Two, Germany’s Achilles Heel was oil. They had very limited fuel production, most of it being synthetic...

OK, that all makes sense to me. Let me add a couple of additional thoughts, and ask your opinion. First, a lot of people talk about civil war within the US, but I just don't see it. I expect the country to unify behind President Trump or whoever follows him (in generational theory this is the "Rege...

John, As you have written yourself, the war will last for years. At the start of US involvement in WW2, most of our aircraft were substandard (P-39, P-40), our tanks were substandard (M2, some M3's), and none of the torpedoes actually worked. We eventually developed and fielded great equipment, but ...