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 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/senator_obamas.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:01:26 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Over at Armchair Generalist, J. continues the discussion of Senator Obama's Army Captain. We've discussed that here, and here. Clearly, the battle of cherry-picked examples continues, and the only solution will be for someone to interview each and every platoon leader of an infantry unit who was deployed during that time frame. Someone break out the Excel. That said - J does get very close to the real point in this comment: UPDATE: In Abu Muqawama's coverage of this issue, he accurately notes in the comments section that the real point is Obama's need for better familiarity of military issues.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/senator_obamas.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/senator_obamas.html Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:12:25 -0600 for when he becomes Commander-in-Chief." After all, a failure to understand military strategy certainly didn't stop Bill Clinton or George W. Bush from being elected. I'm reading "Masters of War", and it's just amazing how this book, published in 2000, reads like a rebuke to the pre-Iraq war planning. Maybe I'm reading into it (and that's where the Clausewitz comments came from), but I will highly recommend it for insightful readings on "things people sitting in the White House ought to be thinking about" before engaging in military warfare. I'm quite looking forward to the first Obama-McCain debate. It will run like a repeat of the Kennedy-Nixon televised debate, with the same outcome.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/senator_obamas.html#comment-70056 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/senator_obamas.html#comment-70056 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:02:48 -0600 Not any more. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/senator_obamas.html#comment-70050 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/senator_obamas.html#comment-70050 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:55:43 -0600 Same post twice? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/senator_obamas.html#comment-70049 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/senator_obamas.html#comment-70049 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:38:46 -0600