Why The Military Never Learns
October, 2004
In a war with the import of wwii, we're in the wrong place with the wrong toolsThe United States has fought a dozen major wars in its history. Vietnam used to be our worst military mistake. But of all the major wars the U.S. has fought, Iraq is now the biggest military miscalculation our country has ever made.Why the greatest military miscalculation in our history? Because Iraq is the wrong battlefield. Invading Iraq was as wrongheaded as FDR ordering an attack on Brazil would have been on the n...
