Just the other day at a counter-protest vs another so-called "peace" protest, I told reporters thank God these nuts weren't around during WW2.
Just take D-Day, for example...
(I just sent it to Sean Hannity)
Yesterday I was listening to a New Orleans radio talk show. The topic was the soldiers who refused orders in Iraq. It was depressing.
Probably 8 out of 10 callers thought it only "fair" that soldiers should be able to question orders they think are "too dangerous". The lazy hosts had not even done the minimum research to know military code or why order and discipline are so crucial to military effectiveness.
Several soldiers and vets called in trying to explain it, but---despite mouthing the right words about war being dangerous---the conversation inevitably lapsed into a question of "fairness". It brought home to me again that most Americans have no concept of the mental and physical challenges our soldiers face in wartime.
That is why Armchair Generals are so annoying. They look at one thing in isolation with all the time in the world to think about it and say confidently "the answers obvious". But when you are out in the fight everything looks different. Nothing is ever seen in isolation. You never have enough time. You never know more than 1/10 what you need to know. There will always be blunders.I wish every TV host could be armed with that statement every time Wesley Clarke shows up to berate our soldiers for making "mistakes" in the fog of war.
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