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Old 04-02-2016, 12:39   #6
Trapper John
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Originally Posted by bailaviborita View Post
There are all kinds of bureaucratic studies done to show how red tape increases- and effectiveness decreases- the more chiefs you have and the less indians you have. There is something to be said that where we have the most generals- we seem to be making the least amount of progress. The micromanagement of our troops in Iraq/Syria and the amount of information all of these GOs and their staffs/HQs require is probably the #1 reason we are failing IMO...
BINGO!! When the commodity of exchange is power and influence the false metrics for success always emerge. Case in point the metric of 'body count' in the VN conflict.
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