It’s a historic norm. Watchers in outposts are low in rank, so when they call in a warning their superiors disregard them. See D Day and Pearl Harbor.
> Watchers in outposts are low in rank, so when they call in a warning their superiors disregard them. <
Excellent comment, and probably the correct analysis.
‘It’s a historic norm. Watchers in outposts are low in rank, so when they call in a warning their superiors disregard them. See D Day and Pearl Harbor.”
A couple from the Civil War. The jittery colonel at Shiloh. Sherman told him to shut up or go back to Ohio. Sickles at Chancellorsville saw Jackson’s flank march, warned Hooker and was told the rebels were retreating.