Quote Originally Posted by Bill Moore View Post
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I read post with interest, and I also read the article on adapting the military uniform. Not opposed to the ideas proposed, but the way the argument is presented it implies it is only the military that needs to adapt. Our state department should not be given a free pass, in fact many of the problems the military is tasked to wrestle with are due to naive policy views, and incompetent policy wonks. We all need to adapt if we're going to address our collective shortcomings.
I agree with you - unfortunately, our governmental institutions by nature are planes constructed in flight. An interesting thought experiment would be to design a military (or government) from the ground up. What would be different in a 'start up army' than reforming the current one?