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approve:sagapo Are we letting the military off the hook?
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:18:04 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Jim Morris <jim.morris () west cmu edu> Date: August 27, 2006 7:13:19 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Are we letting the military off the hook?The story seems to be set: Civilian leadership caused the Iraq fiasco, and the military-- from the grunts up through the generals-- are trying to serve us well. I believe our military is better than the civilian at planning wars, and I bet they are also better at spin.
Bush/Cheney said "Bomb Iran," and the military refused and staged a coup, how many citizens would object?
About a week ago I heard a retired general (maybe Barry McCaffrey) suggest that the four-stars in the Pentagon also failed us in not fighting bad decisions. It was the first whisper of criticism I've heard.
James H. Morris Professor of Computer Science Dean, Carnegie Mellon West 412 609-5000 http://west.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jhm ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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