http://www.reason.com/links/links081805.shtml

Had Mr. Bailey written this in 2003 it would have been far more impressive.

Here's my plan to save thousands of lives in 1944:
Fly low level bombing sorties along the Normandy coast instead of B-17 raids from 15,000 feet.

With hindsight, I'm smarter than Eisenhower.

My plan is even better. Invade Germany in 1935 :D

Mine is better still. Make certain Adolph Hitler dies in WW I. It would have saved even more lives.

I say if Viet Nam wuz jest a "police action", then WWII wuz jest an...




...exercise in Kraut control...




;)




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Originally posted by Brooks
Had Mr. Bailey written this in 2003 it would have been far more impressive.

With hindsight, I'm smarter than Eisenhower.

Does the fact that you can't rely on hindsight excuse our leaders from having no foresight?

Is it wrong to criticize the current administration for poor planning in the aftermath of the fall of Saddam?

It's kinda like Americans have a HUGE American flag COMPLETELY obstructin' their windshield as they show TOO much drive ahead...



"It's the vision thing"--George Bush, Sr.

Originally posted by Vilepagan
Does the fact that you can't rely on hindsight excuse our leaders from having no foresight?

Is it wrong to criticize the current administration for poor planning in the aftermath of the fall of Saddam?

Hindsight is an excellent educational tool for everyone, particularly world leaders.

This article is a great example of how it is used withOUT validity. The tone of this piece is "look, this is what they should have done. Why didn't they?"

My problem is when hindsight is used as a tool for criticism, and the person using it acts as though the correct decisions should have been obvious. That's what I meant by saying the article would have been more impressive 2 years ago.

Originally posted by Vilepagan
Does the fact that you can't rely on hindsight excuse our leaders from having no foresight?

Is it wrong to criticize the current administration for poor planning in the aftermath of the fall of Saddam?

It depends on what you're criticizing.

From a Hawk perspective: some American military brass were concerned about not having nearly enough troops to hold the country. They predicted before the invasion that not having a few hundred thousand more troops would give the resistance time to arm.

But having more troops would have been unpopular with the American republic.

That's just a hawkish pov. The Left accurately predicted that it would be destructive to all sides and achieve nothing progressive.

besides that it ignores the most obvious action that would have stopped much of the violence.

Force companies doing business in Iraq to hire Iraqis. Then they don't have all day sittin around thinking how much they hate the occupation.

Either way its crap. how about NOT INVADING IRAQ as the best plan of action.

Bush's "vietnamisation" of Iraq ain't gonna last long after we Americans...



...split!




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War lovers should go climb under Iraq with Dubbya...




Oopz, ain't he our "missin' accomplished" Precedent?





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