MacArthur was also the far right (I'm from Ohio and some of my family's Red Red Right - while I did the long road 'home' being a dedicated Lefty until mid thirty - Kent State ect - and thus my earlier post) the Taft Wing - he was their guy - they tried to run him once they turned on Eisenhower - and in many respects those fissures are still simmering....
I didn't read Hastings but rather for me it was Thomas Ricks FIASCO - about '16 or so - but I must really credit Andrew Bacevich - I was totally ashamed years later for having I bought into the WEEKLY STANDARDS dismissiveness by writers I then trusted - Max Boot, Kristol, Steve Hayes -
It was so disgusting - he was unreliable they claimed at the the time because he was 'unhinged' as a Gold Star Parent.
Let that sink in. Career military, teacher, original thinker, and unquestionably a true patriot no matter if you agree or not - and he suffers the loss every military family fears - and -
That last full measure becomes the excuse given to dismiss him?
Ricks is good (I'm a big fan of "The Generals," the main thesis of which is that accountability for the general officers' corps performance somehow vanished entirely post-WWII, when if you failed you got fired), but Bacevich is better.
It's the difference between being a keen reporter with a clear eye (Ricks, Chris Hedges, even MT, although I don't think he was ever "embedded") and somebody who actually held responsibility for their troops living or dying (Bacevich).
You probably got there by yourself already, but Chalmers Johnson is really good too. I especially like "Nemesis."
Chalmers J - wow - he was more of a Rock God in leftist circles I drank pints of Molson's at the Venice Cafe in Kent - in the 80's and 90's. Saw him speak - I can't even remember if it was DC but I'm sure it wasn't a May 4 rally.
Yes Chalmers had a keen catbird seat on the California version of the MIC - and was quite vocal about it.
MacArthur was also the far right (I'm from Ohio and some of my family's Red Red Right - while I did the long road 'home' being a dedicated Lefty until mid thirty - Kent State ect - and thus my earlier post) the Taft Wing - he was their guy - they tried to run him once they turned on Eisenhower - and in many respects those fissures are still simmering....
I didn't read Hastings but rather for me it was Thomas Ricks FIASCO - about '16 or so - but I must really credit Andrew Bacevich - I was totally ashamed years later for having I bought into the WEEKLY STANDARDS dismissiveness by writers I then trusted - Max Boot, Kristol, Steve Hayes -
It was so disgusting - he was unreliable they claimed at the the time because he was 'unhinged' as a Gold Star Parent.
Let that sink in. Career military, teacher, original thinker, and unquestionably a true patriot no matter if you agree or not - and he suffers the loss every military family fears - and -
That last full measure becomes the excuse given to dismiss him?
That is War Inc. with it ass in the wind.
"WEEKLY STANDARDS dismissiveness by writers I then trusted - Max Boot, Kristol"
Wild how hardcore neocon fedoras, e.g. Boot, Kristol, Frum are now running interference for the DNC. The flag shows which way the winds are shifting.
Ricks is good (I'm a big fan of "The Generals," the main thesis of which is that accountability for the general officers' corps performance somehow vanished entirely post-WWII, when if you failed you got fired), but Bacevich is better.
It's the difference between being a keen reporter with a clear eye (Ricks, Chris Hedges, even MT, although I don't think he was ever "embedded") and somebody who actually held responsibility for their troops living or dying (Bacevich).
You probably got there by yourself already, but Chalmers Johnson is really good too. I especially like "Nemesis."
Chalmers J - wow - he was more of a Rock God in leftist circles I drank pints of Molson's at the Venice Cafe in Kent - in the 80's and 90's. Saw him speak - I can't even remember if it was DC but I'm sure it wasn't a May 4 rally.
Yes Chalmers had a keen catbird seat on the California version of the MIC - and was quite vocal about it.
Big Wow G. Beetle.
oops - 'more of a rock god than even Normie Chams...'
I need a break. Gonna walk the dog. Laters.