We are all on the same team. Give its apparent success, I had been curious about why this option was not tried earlier, if it was at least planned conceptually.... concerned that oil execs put company profits way too far ahead of this solution, a decison not in the control of either planners or engineers
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Von Moltke was wrong, BTW, he had no idea of the adaptation and resiliance of modern military planning, and the innovation of the US military
Did you ever fall for that trap... I was hoping you wouldn’t...
Rapid response: If our military is so good at planning “for every possible contingency”, ‘splain to me why we are still in Afghanistan and Iraq 7 years after determining to take on a bunch of desert dwelling sheepherders living in mud huts? Why didn’t we have armored up HumVees and body armor available for all, and on and on...
[sorry- low hanging fruit]
Gotta get to my lawn before the rain does!
If your car had a leak in the gas tank, would you try to find the source of the leak, decide how best to repair it, and whether you might need to go to the autoparts store to get some materials; or would you call and have a CEMENT TRUCK come out and dump a full load of concrete over the top of your car?