The discussion about General Berger’s “Planning Guidance” to the Marine Corps gets more interesting by the day. This Commentary deals with (1) what was NOT in the well respected Michael Gordon’s piece that ran in the Wall Street Journal last week entitled: “Marines Plan to Retool to Meet China Threat – Most sweeping transformation in decades will shift focus from fighting insurgents in Middle East to preparing for conflict in western Pacific” and (2) a quote from retired Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni that was in the article and emphasizes an almost century-long-force posture philosophy.
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