Daniel Gallington on Feith
In Sunday's Washington Times, Daniel Gallington wrote, "In sum, Doug Feith's new book — "War and Decision" — is the best and most objective account to date of the high-level and inside policy dynamics that led to the war in Iraq."
I'll tell you, I blew coffee through my nose when I read that. While it has value, Feith's book is about as "objective" as bin Laden's latest press release. Now if Gallington said "balanced" I could buy it since Feith does blame everyone except OSD with nearly equal abandon.
Well said, Tom. Our system and processes really work
better than one has a right to expect. One of the BIG flaws that could be easily corrected is to select appointees to DoD and the service Secretariats on experience and merit as opposed to political ideological compliance. There probably ought to be more senior civil service and fewer appointed positions as well.
That applies to other areas of government as well (look what the syndrome did in the CPA in Iraq...:mad: ) but IMO it is particularly critical at DoD due to the 'get somebody killed' factor...