RDN's Lucifer (nerthos)'s status on Monday, 13-Mar-17 07:36:56 UTC

RDN's Lucifer

"Ironically, that kind of mindset is at the core of the American inability to learn from past mistakes. If the choice is between an honest evaluation of past operations and political expediency, the latter always prevails (at least amongst civilians, US servicemen are often far more capable of self-critical evaluation, especially in ranks up to Colonel and below, the problem here is that civilians and generals rarely listen to them)."