A failure in generalship

Armed Forces Journal by Lt. Col. Paul Yingling | Apr. 27, 2007 (Opinion)

For the second time in a generation, the United States faces the prospect of defeat at the hands of an insurgency. In April 1975, the U.S. fled the Republic of Vietnam, abandoning our allies to their fate at the hands of North Vietnamese communists. In 2007, Iraq's grave and deteriorating condition offers diminishing hope for an American victory and portends risk of an even wider and more destructive regional war.

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 by Paul de Villers - Apr. 29, 2007

Excellent analysis, and fine spelling ! Decision making is the result of a dialog between the generals and the civil authorities (President and Congress). Thus, if these civil authorities are themselves poorly educated, they won't ask the right questions and will perform poorly, whatever the level of the generals.

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