Re:NSA Official: We Need to Prepare for the Future of War
by jacquesm on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @10:10AM
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> unfortunately it's just one failure after another with almost nothing to show for it.
I really urge you to read Catch-22. It is only a failure until you inspect the books, and then you will realize the genius of it all. Lots of people made out like the bandits they are over this.
Re:NSA Official: We Need to Prepare for the Future of War
by PorterDuff on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @10:33AM
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I think you could make an argument for a 'war', but you need to think less like a Roman and more like a Byzantine.
Re:NSA Official: We Need to Prepare for the Future of War
by gnusty_gnurc on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @09:46AM
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People generally disagree with me, but I think the absolute failure of our administrative state to get _anything_ right poured gasoline on the fire that is general distrust in government. It was way too easy for someone like Trump to just repeat "Iraq" on stage to remind everyone that "the experts" have failed us in spectacular ways.
We cut out both of those groups from peace talks with the Taliban this year. We tried to keep the talks secret from the government you're negotiating peace about. I can't imagine a more awkward way to discover that mission has been a failure.
This has turned into a Vietnam-scale boondoggle, and now we're just supposed to accept the utter failure of the DoD and State and NSA and just listen to their demands for resourcing for future boondoggles? Why? How about we try saying no for once instead of rewarding incompetence over and over again?
If we lived in an alternate reality where the State Department had a good track record and today people were posting pictures about their awesome vacations to Tripoli and Kabul and we were talking about new businesses and schools opening that would be one thing, but unfortunately it's just one failure after another with almost nothing to show for it.