{"id":20549,"date":"2015-12-21T00:15:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T05:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?p=20549"},"modified":"2020-10-23T00:19:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T04:19:52","slug":"a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short Tour of Defense Policy Hysterics, 2011-2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Carl Conetta, 21 Dec 2015<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u25cf Washington Free Beacon. Dempsey: The Global Security Environment Is As Uncertain As I\u2019ve Ever Seen It.<\/a> Jul 2015.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Defense News. Military Chiefs Warn Anew About Sequester Cuts.<\/a> Feb 2015.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Christopher Preble. The Most Dangerous World Ever?<\/a> Sep\/Oct 2014.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Spencer Ackerman. \u2018Apocalyptic’ ISIS beyond anything we’ve seen, say US defense chiefs.<\/a> Aug 2014.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Business Insider. 12 Prominent People Who Compared Putin To Hitler.<\/a> May 2014.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Business Insider. Chuck Hagel: Isolationism Won’t Protect Us From The World’s Troubles.<\/a> May 2014.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Bill Gertz. Dempsey: Threat of Conflict in Asia Increasing; US Military decline hastens global instability.<\/a> Mar 2014.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Military.com. Force Cuts Mean Army Can’t Fight Two Land Wars.<\/a> Mar 2014.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Media-ite. Harry Reid Likens Assad to Hitler.<\/a> Sep 2013.<\/p>\n

\u25cf NY Post. Assad is like Hitler: Kerry.<\/a> Sep 2013.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Joseph I. Lieberman and Jon Kyl. The regrets of U.S. isolationism.<\/a> Apr 2013.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Breaking Defense. Gen. Amos: Marines Can\u2019t Fight Major War If Sequestered.<\/a> Apr 2013.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Michael Cohen. America’s military can handle anything – except a budget cut.<\/a> Feb 2013.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Micah Zenko. Most – Dangerous – World – Ever.<\/a> Feb 2013.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Foreign Policy Initiative. The Dangers of Deep Defense Cuts: What America\u2019s Civilian and Military Leaders are Saying.<\/a> May 2012.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Politico. Panetta paints doomsday scenario.<\/a> Nov 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Carl Conetta, 21 Dec 2015     \u25cf Washington Free Beacon. Dempsey: The Global Security Environment Is As Uncertain As I\u2019ve Ever Seen It. Jul 2015. \u25cf Defense News. Military Chiefs Warn Anew About Sequester<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10167552604075290_133638503385018":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reset-defense-blog"],"yoast_head":"\nA Short Tour of Defense Policy Hysterics, 2011-2015 – Project on Defense Alternatives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Short Tour of Defense Policy Hysterics, 2011-2015 – Project on Defense Alternatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Carl Conetta, 21 Dec 2015     \u25cf Washington Free Beacon. Dempsey: The Global Security Environment Is As Uncertain As I\u2019ve Ever Seen It. Jul 2015. \u25cf Defense News. Military Chiefs Warn Anew About Sequester\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Project on Defense Alternatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Project-on-Defense-Alternatives\/133638503385018\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-21T05:15:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-23T04:19:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chiefs-500x308.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carl Conetta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@defensealt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@defensealt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carl Conetta\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"ScholarlyArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carl Conetta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e5f32f920668cc51e114f8faf308f75b\"},\"headline\":\"A Short Tour of Defense Policy Hysterics, 2011-2015\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-21T05:15:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-23T04:19:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":205,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Chiefs-500x308.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Reset Defense Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"AboutPage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Short Tour of Defense Policy Hysterics, 2011-2015 – Project on Defense Alternatives\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Chiefs-500x308.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-21T05:15:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-23T04:19:52+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Chiefs.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Chiefs.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":592},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reset Defense Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/category\\\/reset-defense-blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"A Short Tour of Defense Policy Hysterics, 2011-2015\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/\",\"name\":\"Project on Defense Alternatives\",\"description\":\"adapting defense policy to emerging challenges and opportunities\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Project on Defense Alternatives\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/bannerviolet21-e1618955985362.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/bannerviolet21-e1618955985362.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":180,\"caption\":\"Project on Defense Alternatives\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pages\\\/Project-on-Defense-Alternatives\\\/133638503385018\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/defensealt\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e5f32f920668cc51e114f8faf308f75b\",\"name\":\"Carl Conetta\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/defensealt\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/author\\\/cconetta\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Short Tour of Defense Policy Hysterics, 2011-2015 – Project on Defense Alternatives","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Short Tour of Defense Policy Hysterics, 2011-2015 – Project on Defense Alternatives","og_description":"By Carl Conetta, 21 Dec 2015     \u25cf Washington Free Beacon. Dempsey: The Global Security Environment Is As Uncertain As I\u2019ve Ever Seen It. Jul 2015. \u25cf Defense News. Military Chiefs Warn Anew About Sequester","og_url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/","og_site_name":"Project on Defense Alternatives","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Project-on-Defense-Alternatives\/133638503385018","article_published_time":"2015-12-21T05:15:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-23T04:19:52+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chiefs-500x308.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Carl Conetta","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@defensealt","twitter_site":"@defensealt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carl Conetta","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"ScholarlyArticle","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/"},"author":{"name":"Carl Conetta","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#\/schema\/person\/e5f32f920668cc51e114f8faf308f75b"},"headline":"A Short Tour of Defense Policy Hysterics, 2011-2015","datePublished":"2015-12-21T05:15:50+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-23T04:19:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/"},"wordCount":205,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chiefs-500x308.jpg","articleSection":["Reset Defense Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["WebPage","AboutPage"],"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/","url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/","name":"A Short Tour of Defense Policy Hysterics, 2011-2015 – Project on Defense Alternatives","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chiefs-500x308.jpg","datePublished":"2015-12-21T05:15:50+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-23T04:19:52+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chiefs.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chiefs.jpg","width":960,"height":592},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-short-tour-of-defense-policy-hysterics-2011-2015\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reset Defense Blog","item":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/category\/reset-defense-blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A Short Tour of Defense Policy Hysterics, 2011-2015"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/","name":"Project on Defense Alternatives","description":"adapting defense policy to emerging challenges and opportunities","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#organization","name":"Project on Defense Alternatives","url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/bannerviolet21-e1618955985362.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/bannerviolet21-e1618955985362.jpg","width":900,"height":180,"caption":"Project on Defense Alternatives"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Project-on-Defense-Alternatives\/133638503385018","https:\/\/x.com\/defensealt"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#\/schema\/person\/e5f32f920668cc51e114f8faf308f75b","name":"Carl Conetta","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/defensealt"],"url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/author\/cconetta\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20549"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23977,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20549\/revisions\/23977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}