I think the problem is that our military system is run by turkeys who feel the need to "measure effectiveness." The instant you make "Meals eaten with Iraqis" a metric, it will lose all value. (I can visualize Iraqis being drug out into the streets at gunpoint, being forced to eat at a table with an Army LTC at the head of it, several times a day)
How about you discriminate AGAINST micro-managers who feel the need to break everything down to "metrics", when it comes time for promotions and assignments? That would violate the "American Way of War" to be sure.
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