The US had vastly more competent senior officials during Iraq or Afghanistan or Vietnam, and were still running around like headless chickens. They now have a cabinet of dunces fighting against an enemy more prepared than any of the previous ones. It appears that they are currently following the hallowed strategy known as not having a plan.
I knew Trump purging the military and intelligence apparati of competent warmongers would end up biting him in the keister. Having yes-men and loyalists above anything else gives such a feeling of, oh, I dunno, like this sort of thing has happened before in the history of humankind. Some medieval king or a Chinese emperor or something has definitely done something this catastrophically asinine. Or perhaps it was a Roman emperor!
This happened during the Vietnam War. Generals were afraid to tell Lyndon Johnson the truth, and so gave him wildly inflated numbers of NV and Vietcong casualties. That is why he was gobsmacked over the Tet Offensive and decided to not run for another term.
The US had vastly more competent senior officials during Iraq or Afghanistan or Vietnam, and were still running around like headless chickens. They now have a cabinet of dunces fighting against an enemy more prepared than any of the previous ones. It appears that they are currently following the hallowed strategy known as not having a plan.
I knew Trump purging the military and intelligence apparati of competent warmongers would end up biting him in the keister. Having yes-men and loyalists above anything else gives such a feeling of, oh, I dunno, like this sort of thing has happened before in the history of humankind. Some medieval king or a Chinese emperor or something has definitely done something this catastrophically asinine. Or perhaps it was a Roman emperor!
I think that’s the one! At least I remember them doing the roman salute.
(Ik it’s not actually from Rome, but that’s less funny)
This happened during the Vietnam War. Generals were afraid to tell Lyndon Johnson the truth, and so gave him wildly inflated numbers of NV and Vietcong casualties. That is why he was gobsmacked over the Tet Offensive and decided to not run for another term.
Watching a raging alcoholic TV host conduct a major war was truly incredible.