I have to say, it's beginning to look like there might be

Post #328,445 by jake123 6/23/10 10:48:56 AM Reply	I have to say, it's beginning to look like there might be a real problem in the US armed forces. This guy has not just destroyed his own career, but those of his command staff. Finally, if that perspective on civilian leadership is widespread within the US forces, then there's a real culture problem going on.
Post #328,448 by boxley 6/23/10 11:17:00 AM Reply	that part isnt new Military detests its civilian controllers, always has because they request the impossible with no resources and ridiculous constraints then bitch when it doesnt get done
Post #328,449 by jake123 6/23/10 11:17:49 AM Reply	Maybe otoh, the public bitching about it is new.
Post #328,450 by boxley 6/23/10 11:19:05 AM Reply	It was an embedded reporter stupid to let him hang around staff pukes
Post #328,455 by malraux 6/23/10 12:13:14 PM Reply	No different than IT. Deal with it. People making decisions do not necessarily have all of the facts or knowledge. It's your job to make sure they do. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #328,456 by folkert 6/23/10 12:18:14 PM Reply	Even so... Most of the decision makers don't WANT to know all the facts. So they make bad decisions in spite of the report you wrote that they ignore.
Post #328,467 by jay 6/23/10 3:28:34 PM Reply	It isn't all a one sided problem The politicians to tend to ask the impossible of the military. However, the military guys are equally irrational, feeling that if the politicians would just give them an unlimited budget, unlimited manpower, no time limit and remove all those pesky legal rules, they could win every war. Since the military part of the problem is the only part that is their responsibility and under their control, that is the only thing they tend to think about. To a certain extent they are even trained to be that way, keeping their hands and minds out of politics while they are in the service. Jay
Post #328,485 by Ashton 6/23/10 5:55:16 PM Reply	All of which makes such matters insoluble. By design and, It Works (that design, not any solution short of revolution. One that succeeds. Hah..) Will school children learn to spel denouement? (Do the French have a word for that? asks GW Bush.) I could almost see voting for Palin in 2012 on the grounds that this sorry ratfucking excuse for a republic, this savage, smirking, predatory empire deserves her. Bring on the Rapture, motherfuckers! -- via RC

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