[fogarty]

Unfortunately, I doubt Boyd would be welcome in the current administration. His ideas of manuever warfare, decentralization of command and control, and decision- making run counter to the entire 'transformation' mantra enforced by Rumsfeld and now imitated by a host of defense contractors. Under Rumsfeld, attrition based-warfare under the nomenclature of 'network-centric' strategies, is the manner this administration will prosecute war.

You can guarantee that weapons systems are going to become a thousand times more complex, more costly, and more reliant on defense contractors for support. The reliance of Rumsfeld on precision, long-range, complex airborne systems is a clear indication of that.

[1rudeboy]

Interesting opinion . . . I would like to here more, even though I could drive a Crusader tank through a hole in your analysis.

[7thson]

I disagree with your assessment. I have never heard of this man but I will search out the bio and read it. The reason I disagree is that Boyd already has an advocate in Dick Cheney.

I remember right after the Gulf War, I read and heard that the plan submitted by Powell was thrown back in his face twice by Cheney. Now I know why. Powell, and to a lesser extent, Schwarzkopf (sp), are the TO BE people. I read both their autobio's and was not impressed. Compared to other military leaders of our past, they do not rate up there with Ike, Bradley, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Halsey, Grant, Washington, Sherman, etc.

Reading about Boyd, I am reminded of what Adm. King said at the beginning of WW II. "When the s**t hits the fan, they call for the sons of B***hes." Unfortunately, the United States spent most of the 90's getting rid of the SOB's with drummed up sexual harrassment charges. But there are still SOB's out there who will get the job done.