[GOPJ]

In that war game, U.S. forces engaged "an ‘unnamed Persian Gulf military’ meant to be a stand-in for Iran," Krepinevich writes. 'The ‘Iranian’ forces … successfully countered the U.S. forces at every turn,' he writes. "The U.S. fleet that steamed into the Persian Gulf found itself subjected to a surprise attack by swarms of Iranian suicide vessels and anti-ship cruise missiles. Well over half the U.S. ships were sunk or put out of action."

Eventually a ' do-over ' was ordered, and the game "proceeded to a much more agreeable conclusion,"

Krepinevich wrote. In real life - there are NO do-overs...

[TurtleUp]

In real life - there are NO do-overs...

Not true. obama gets lots of do-overs. His first failure at everything he does can be blamed on Bush. So can the second and third failures. It's only after multiple failures in any particular area that obama might have to take some blame for reaching imperfect conclusions that were caused by the inaccurate information that lesser mortals provide to him.