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.I'd taken some pogie bait with me, every soldiercarries some food with him, but not much else.I was going to need the bloodsugar.Page 175 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlI tossed everybody out of the van again.I called back.I got put on hold,which I'd expected.Took about fifteen minutes for the conference to come back up.Differentgroup.Still the BC and the Brigade.And the Army Chief of Staff.And the AirForce Chief of Staff.And a different State weanie.This one looked lessWeanieish.Sharper.Chief of Staff, Army, opened."Bandit," and he called me Bandit, "we know what we're asking.We know.We cansend replacements for your casualties.We can send you gear if necessary.Supplies.Whatever.But we need this done.And you're the guy who can do it.""I was laying odds you were going to take a barbarian bride," the BC said.There were glares all around.Water.Duck."I get that, sir.The you-want-this-done part.Note, that you want it done,not you need it done.Turkey means exactly dick to the U.S.strategicallyright now.The Middle East means dick right now.In five years, ten years,maybe.Right now? Diddly.So you want it done not need it done.""That is actually a fair assessment," the State guy said."But there's a highprobability that the Anatolian League can help with stabilization.There's anoil shortage building in the U.S.Less use but we're heading into a coldwinter and we're going to need oil.We're mostly looking for the oil platformin the Black Sea.If the Kurds can get their act together and the AnatolianLeague can get their act together we could be shipping by January.And we'regoing to need it in January.""Uh, huh.I've done some stuff.Well, I've done quite a lot of stuff tostabilize the situation down in the Northern Gulf.Shia will sell you oil.""Bandits in the Straits of Hormuz," the Air Force Chief of Staff said,shrugging."Maybe we could escort with Navy ships but we're still prettytasked out.The Med is clear.Italians are sort of back up, ditto the Greeks.And the Brits took back Gibraltar so the Spanish don't matter.They're notback up.""The Kurds are becoming a linchpin," the State Department guy said."They arestable.Especially after your actions at Mosul.Mullah Hamadi cannot, in thenear future, take back northern Iraq.And the pipeline to the Black Sea is up.Venezuela and Brazil aren't pumping.Gulf of Mexico isn't entirely back up butit's keeping us alive.By January we're really going to need oil.So are theEuropeans.So we need the Bosporus.""Uh, huh.MEU?""That's not the only thing we're working on," ACOS said."Screwed up as weare, we're still the World's Policeman.The Marines are way overtasked withthat.This is part of being the World's Policeman.If you want a trafficwhistle I'll send you one.""Oh, I do," I said."To be precise, I'm going to give you my needs, wants anddesires.The needs are nonnegotiable.If I don't get them, we're going tobecome Kurds and I wish you luck in you Bosporus adventures.The boys aregetting pretty tired of being handed the shit end of the stick.""People?" the Chief of Staff asked."No," I replied.Although, truthfully, I should have gotten more troops.But Itrusted the guys I had.New troops would be an unknown quantity.And I wasseeing glimmerings of ideas."Maybe some."See, here's the fucked up thing.Give me a problem, one that's damned nearinsoluble, and I start solving it.I hate that trait.Especially since theideas are never straightforward and always have a huge number of consequences.They solve the problem but they make more problems.And then there's the whole"the reward for a job well done is a harder job."And you know, no matter what you do in the Army, you get paid exactly the sameas some same-rank Pentagon weanie who takes a two-hour lunch?There's a list of staff officer sayings.One of them came to mind at thatmoment:"The secret to this shop is to find the one or two guys who are not completeincompetents and work them to death."Page 176 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlMilitary leadership in a nutshell."First, I'm going to need something like a designation as ambassadorplenipotentiary to these Turkish guys."What the fuck does that mean?Back in the days when communication to a foreign country took forever, see thething about waxed linen envelopes, the ambassador to a foreign country wouldbe "plenipotentiary." That is, he (and it was always a he) spoke with "fullpower" (plenipotentiary) of the government he represented.All ambassadors these days are, technically, plenipotentiary.The reality is,State does whatever it damned well pleases with or without the ambassador'ssay-so.Probably a better system, but I wasn't having it."If I'm going to do this, I'm going to need concessions and support from a lotof local groups.I have to be able to negotiate with full powers to get it.And I'm going to be negotiating with the Turkish guys, not some State suit.State doesn't joggle my elbow.State doesn't back-channel.State doesn't backstab.State stays the fuck out of the way and you get what you get when I'mdone.The same goes for anyone above State."The only person above State is the President."I am notionally accepting of you being an ambassador," the State guy said."Although that is rarely a military post it has precedents.I cannot guaranteeit being done.I also cannot guarantee lack of any interference.But if youdetect interference from State we should be able to work that pretty hard.Wealso should be able to.handle interference above State.May I ask, ingeneral, what you are going to be negotiating?""No.""What else do you require?" the ACOS asked."Really, that's it, General," I replied, shrugging."I would like a bunch ofother stuff.But that's the only requirement.Fly my wounded out.Be ready todo that again when it becomes necessary.I'd like air support.I don't see whywe can't get a wing of something over to Irbil and have them work out ofthere.We've got plenty of fuel here.Might have some parts needs, but lasttime I checked we're good on that.But I need serious room to negotiate and Idon't know for what.I won't put the U.S [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.I'd taken some pogie bait with me, every soldiercarries some food with him, but not much else.I was going to need the bloodsugar.Page 175 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlI tossed everybody out of the van again.I called back.I got put on hold,which I'd expected.Took about fifteen minutes for the conference to come back up.Differentgroup.Still the BC and the Brigade.And the Army Chief of Staff.And the AirForce Chief of Staff.And a different State weanie.This one looked lessWeanieish.Sharper.Chief of Staff, Army, opened."Bandit," and he called me Bandit, "we know what we're asking.We know.We cansend replacements for your casualties.We can send you gear if necessary.Supplies.Whatever.But we need this done.And you're the guy who can do it.""I was laying odds you were going to take a barbarian bride," the BC said.There were glares all around.Water.Duck."I get that, sir.The you-want-this-done part.Note, that you want it done,not you need it done.Turkey means exactly dick to the U.S.strategicallyright now.The Middle East means dick right now.In five years, ten years,maybe.Right now? Diddly.So you want it done not need it done.""That is actually a fair assessment," the State guy said."But there's a highprobability that the Anatolian League can help with stabilization.There's anoil shortage building in the U.S.Less use but we're heading into a coldwinter and we're going to need oil.We're mostly looking for the oil platformin the Black Sea.If the Kurds can get their act together and the AnatolianLeague can get their act together we could be shipping by January.And we'regoing to need it in January.""Uh, huh.I've done some stuff.Well, I've done quite a lot of stuff tostabilize the situation down in the Northern Gulf.Shia will sell you oil.""Bandits in the Straits of Hormuz," the Air Force Chief of Staff said,shrugging."Maybe we could escort with Navy ships but we're still prettytasked out.The Med is clear.Italians are sort of back up, ditto the Greeks.And the Brits took back Gibraltar so the Spanish don't matter.They're notback up.""The Kurds are becoming a linchpin," the State Department guy said."They arestable.Especially after your actions at Mosul.Mullah Hamadi cannot, in thenear future, take back northern Iraq.And the pipeline to the Black Sea is up.Venezuela and Brazil aren't pumping.Gulf of Mexico isn't entirely back up butit's keeping us alive.By January we're really going to need oil.So are theEuropeans.So we need the Bosporus.""Uh, huh.MEU?""That's not the only thing we're working on," ACOS said."Screwed up as weare, we're still the World's Policeman.The Marines are way overtasked withthat.This is part of being the World's Policeman.If you want a trafficwhistle I'll send you one.""Oh, I do," I said."To be precise, I'm going to give you my needs, wants anddesires.The needs are nonnegotiable.If I don't get them, we're going tobecome Kurds and I wish you luck in you Bosporus adventures.The boys aregetting pretty tired of being handed the shit end of the stick.""People?" the Chief of Staff asked."No," I replied.Although, truthfully, I should have gotten more troops.But Itrusted the guys I had.New troops would be an unknown quantity.And I wasseeing glimmerings of ideas."Maybe some."See, here's the fucked up thing.Give me a problem, one that's damned nearinsoluble, and I start solving it.I hate that trait.Especially since theideas are never straightforward and always have a huge number of consequences.They solve the problem but they make more problems.And then there's the whole"the reward for a job well done is a harder job."And you know, no matter what you do in the Army, you get paid exactly the sameas some same-rank Pentagon weanie who takes a two-hour lunch?There's a list of staff officer sayings.One of them came to mind at thatmoment:"The secret to this shop is to find the one or two guys who are not completeincompetents and work them to death."Page 176 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlMilitary leadership in a nutshell."First, I'm going to need something like a designation as ambassadorplenipotentiary to these Turkish guys."What the fuck does that mean?Back in the days when communication to a foreign country took forever, see thething about waxed linen envelopes, the ambassador to a foreign country wouldbe "plenipotentiary." That is, he (and it was always a he) spoke with "fullpower" (plenipotentiary) of the government he represented.All ambassadors these days are, technically, plenipotentiary.The reality is,State does whatever it damned well pleases with or without the ambassador'ssay-so.Probably a better system, but I wasn't having it."If I'm going to do this, I'm going to need concessions and support from a lotof local groups.I have to be able to negotiate with full powers to get it.And I'm going to be negotiating with the Turkish guys, not some State suit.State doesn't joggle my elbow.State doesn't back-channel.State doesn't backstab.State stays the fuck out of the way and you get what you get when I'mdone.The same goes for anyone above State."The only person above State is the President."I am notionally accepting of you being an ambassador," the State guy said."Although that is rarely a military post it has precedents.I cannot guaranteeit being done.I also cannot guarantee lack of any interference.But if youdetect interference from State we should be able to work that pretty hard.Wealso should be able to.handle interference above State.May I ask, ingeneral, what you are going to be negotiating?""No.""What else do you require?" the ACOS asked."Really, that's it, General," I replied, shrugging."I would like a bunch ofother stuff.But that's the only requirement.Fly my wounded out.Be ready todo that again when it becomes necessary.I'd like air support.I don't see whywe can't get a wing of something over to Irbil and have them work out ofthere.We've got plenty of fuel here.Might have some parts needs, but lasttime I checked we're good on that.But I need serious room to negotiate and Idon't know for what.I won't put the U.S [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]