No, we're not out of ideas yet

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I had occasion to re-read this year-old speech by Anthony Zinni. I guess I'm a member of the Zinni Fan Club, but I wish I had received a badge, decoder ring, or something.

Zinni's comments still resonate one year later. I appreciate his humility, but his "ideas that are not quite a plan" actually do make sense as the core axioms of a fresh approach to Iraq.

Comments

[J.]

This is a great speech. I always wondered where the "swimmers/nonswimmers" quote came from. Maybe Alex over at DraftZinni can get us our decoder rings and cards.

[Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg]

The Zinni fan-club badges are on order! I was going to get decoder rings, but I didn't have the security clearance...

Here are some more high-quality Zinni interviews and speeches:
GLOBAL VIEWPOINT's interview of Anthony Zinni: http://www.digitalnpq.org/global_services/global%20viewpoint/05-18-04.html

The Military in a Changing World part of Berkley University's conversations with history series. Also available in streaming video:
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/Zinni/zinni-con0.html

This is from a speach just prior to the War given to the Florida Economic Club:
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/zinni.html

This is an interview on Sign on San Diego
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040425/news_mz1e25zinni.html

I really should start to put together a comprehensive list of his appearances, speeches, etc. But it'll probablly have to wait until I switch from blogger...