We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/speaking_truth_to_power.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:06:36 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification As a former "Scorpion" and "Werewolf" in other words, an Observer-Controller at the National Training Center, I wholly endorse this little bit from Strategy Page today: LEADERSHIP: Surviving Reality Drift September 9, 2004: American military planners are trying to get ready for the next war, and they are sorely tempted to reorganize everything to refight the wars we are currently involved in. Some people never learn. Historically, the best way to prepare for the next war is to be as ready as you can for just about everything. This means well trained troops, carefully selected leaders, and a lot... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/speaking_truth_to_power.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/speaking_truth_to_power.html Thu, 09 Sep 2004 09:08:13 -0600 Oh yeah. Think of all those earnest citizen volunteers in 1861 studying Hardee's "Tactics" as hard as they could, because, well, if anyone should know how to do it, the Regulars would. I think that, and everyone being so crazy-brave, was what made that thing so horribly bloody. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/speaking_truth_to_power.html#comment-6642 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/speaking_truth_to_power.html#comment-6642 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:56:32 -0600 Oh yeah. Think of all those earnest citizen volunteers in 1861 studying Hardee's "Tactics" as hard as they could, because, well, if anyone should know how to do it, the Regulars would. I think that, and everyone being so crazy-brave, was what made that thing so horribly bloody. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/speaking_truth_to_power.html#comment-6641 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/09/speaking_truth_to_power.html#comment-6641 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:56:09 -0600