To: FreedomPoster
I really wonder how much of our problems in Iraq were from a lack of knowledge of this material in the military... I'm putting my money here:
"...a failure at the elite levels of society either to perceive real threats posed by real external enemies or to countenance the sacrifices necessary to meet those threats."
14 posted on
12/19/2006 11:16:48 AM PST by
absalom01
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
To: absalom01
I don't disagree with that. But at an operational level, I think that manifested itself in our occupation in Iraq, with our being way too gentle. And that occurred due to some group in our government, and I'm thinking State/Powell/Bremer.
We needed to be a velvet-gloved iron fist.
15 posted on
12/19/2006 11:51:59 AM PST by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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