[XEHRpa]

> There is physics, and then there is man. Which one is lying?

Well put. Some seem to think that all we need is Bruce Willis to kamikazee an ocean liner into the dike breech to save the city. Occasionally, a miracle can happen... but not on demand.

[Shermy]

"Well put. Some seem to think that all we need is Bruce Willis to kamikazee an ocean liner into the dike breech to save the city. Occasionally, a miracle can happen... but not on demand."

Breaches started smaller. The breaches weren't attended to soon enough.

[Strategerist]

The average person has no concept of logistics. Or what Clausewitz would describe as the "friction of war." (This isn't a war, of course, but is one functionally in many ways.)

And indeed movies and TV shows have caused people to expect problems to be neatly solved in 1 or 2 hours.

[bjs1779]

Well put. Some seem to think that all we need is Bruce Willis to kamikazee an ocean liner into the dike breech to save the city

In my day, it was Chuck Norris who could stop all Iranians in their tracks : )