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9-11
It has been eight years since the terrorist attack on America. Since that time we have not had an attack on our homeland.
One of the reasons is the excellent work performed by our intelligence services, which is under assault by the current
administration. Understanding the relationships between 2001 and today are critical to our security. In this paper, we
review 9-11-2001 Lessons Learned, Forgotten, and Ignored.
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9-11 Lessons Learned, Forgotten or Ignored
Competitors
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. If you know yourself but not the
the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need
not fear the result of a hundred battles.
-- Sun Tzu, The Art Of War.
Our offshore competitors are 'enemies' only in a metaphorical context.
A woman working in a textile plant in China is not thinking she got a
job because an American woman lost hers.
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Our Competitors
The New Great Wall of China
China is one of the world's oldest civilizations. It has always been
an authoritarian state even while masquerading as a communist nation.
It has also been paranoid and distrustful of outsiders. The various
emperors constructed the Great Wall of China to keep out the Mongols.
Millions of lives were lost during the 5000-mile constructions over
five thousand years. The wall itself is their final resting place. The
Great Wall is an important symbol because it represents a siege
mentality. As will be seen, China is in the process of building a
new, very different kind of wall. The intention, however, is
precisely the same.
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China
Trade
Civilizations die from suicide, not from murder. -- Arnold Toynbee
Trade is an extremely important part of our economy. Like every other
economic structure, outputs and inputs must equal just to retain parity.
When imports exceed exports, a trade deficit results and wealth
flows out of the economy, reducing dollars available to add value and
fuel expansion and additional wealth within the economy. When a high
deficit accumulates in one country, such as China, we will eventually
lose not only manufacturing capability but political and trade advantage.
This is elementary information, but it seems everyone has a different
interpretation of our trade situation and how to deal with it. Metrics
will be used to help in gaining and sharing perspective.
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Trade
Consumerism
The United States residents have become the world's largest consumer of
goods and services. Our savings rate dropped into the negative the first
quarter of 2005 and has not touched positive territory since. The rate
of savings is an indicator of how much money is available for building
or expanding business. The lack of available money domestically forces
us into the international arena, limiting expansion and job formation.
Plainly put, we are spending more than we make.
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Consumerism
Perspective on Jobs
The shift from a production to a service-based economy was a realized
and welcomed state. Supposedly, it indicated that Americans were
'stepping up a notch'. The transfer of technology and products were
pervasive from the presidents of the United States to the person on the
shop floor. Americans perpetrated and fueled the global economy in our
rush to become a prosperous service society. Somewhere along the way,
forgetting that service follows production and that production generates
wealth and wealth generates power. Americans have either forgotten or
chosen to ignore the lessons from history -- production is power.
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