Re: The Pentagon's New Map

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Feb 24 2003 - 05:53:01 MST

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    --- Ramez Naam <mez@apexnano.com> wrote:
    > A friend posted this article to another list. :
    >
    > > From: Llew Roberts [mailto:llew@llew.net]
    > > Thomas P. M. Barnett wrote an excellent article for Esquire
    > > this month (Benicio del Toro on the cover) called "The
    > > Pentagon's New Map". He talks about "connected" areas and
    > > "disconnected" areas. The US always deploys troops to
    > > disconnected areas. Disconnectedness is Bad.
    > >

    This is a very cogent article, though a major hole in his map is that
    he left out North Korea, which is one of the most disconnected areas of
    the world.

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    Mike Lorrey
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