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I'm just saying that people need to leave the warfighting to the warfighters and to stop coming up with reasons we should do things with insufficiant information.
I agree. That's why I was so concerned four years ago when military leaders were advising against the tactics suggested for the Iraq war as insufficient. From 2002:
"Much of the senior uniformed military, with the notable exception of some top Air Force and Marine generals, opposes going to war anytime soon, a stance that is provoking frustration among civilian officials in the Pentagon and in the White House. In addition, some suspect that Powell's stance has produced an unusual alliance between the State Department and the uniformed side of the Pentagon, elements of the government that more often seem to oppose each other in foreign policy debates."
This was not a war planned by seasoned military professionals. It was a war planned by politicians.
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