So I'm going to lay out a bit of a sneak preview of what's coming, only in the sense of giving away a few titles. The post I'm currently working on is part of a new semi-regular series that I'm planning to do every now and again called "The Devil's Advocate", a name of such stunning originality that precisely nobody gasped in excitement. I did one of these for Think Defence once, which you can read here.
The purpose, as the name suggests, is to take up the opposite side of the argument to the one I currently hold myself, and try to argue the case from that perspective. That may sound like a silly thing to do, but it's something I've found has worked quite well for me in the past in other areas. Taking up the gauntlet of the opposition compels you to look in detail at things from a different perspective and potentially see things you wouldn't otherwise see. If done honestly, it may even sway you to that argument, or it may indeed just expose flaws in it that you hadn't seen before. Either way it should make interesting reading, for those who like that sort of thing.
The first of these is going to be a post about Special Forces, and the idea that we no longer need dedicated units like the SAS and the SBS.
After that I'm going to go with Think Defence's summer of strategy idea, and put down my thoughts on what I'd like to see in the SDSR'15. Beyond that...? I have some phrases and words written down of stuff I'd like to have a shot at. The question is which ones? Time will tell.
Go for it, Mr. C, it should be good. I particularly like the idea of Devil's Advocate articles. I have been mulling over one of these myself - entitled, "The RAF should be kept as a separate service", but I am struggling with finding cogent arguments to support the proposition (other than some of their music is rather fine).
ReplyDeleteI think there's plenty of arguments for that proposition.
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