Incompetent Generals Too?

I know I’ve been hitting it pretty hard lately about the war in Iraq. It seems hard not to.

Looking for a good bit of news on the war is a daunting task. One that, I am afraid, I have yet to find success.

Another phrase we hear repeatedly from the white house and loyal republicans is that we should allow the generals to run the war. Bush states he defers to the advice of his generals on the ground.

Really? Maybe as long as they agree with him in the first place.

I wasn’t looking for it, but I came across a very interesting essay by Colonel Douglas Macgregor.

Apparently – and not surprisingly – incompetent civilian leadership begets incompetent military leadership. Though Macgregor asserts that the problem is more systemic than merely a bungling president.

The full text of the essay is here.

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