Its striking, for example, we have often come with the 11 commanders in afghanistan in 11 years. Thats casual arrogance. Why would you think that was any way to run a railroad . If you had an American Corporation that had 11 ceos in 11 years, what would happen to it . It would fall apart. Warren buffett said that youd been playing he said if youd been playing poker for have our and you dont who the patsy at the table is, you are the patsy. When you get a commander in every year and rotate every year, every time he goes home he basically make our commander the patsy at the table. He doesnt know where all the bodies are buried. By the time he figures it out he is going home. I cant imagine running a war that way. Can you imagine marshall saying to eisenhower january 44, a company that 18 months, time for some else to have a term. Marshall and eisenhower made a lot of decisions in 42. They need to make mistakes and learn from them. Eisenhower at one point in africa thought he might be rel
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You are watching by tv. Next thomas ricks looks at why so many world war ii era generals are held in high regard while history is not than suband a general sick amanda troops during later wars. Its a little over an hour. Good evening everyone. Welcome and thank you for joining us. My name is Richard Konte and im the president of the center for no america security. Its a pleasure to welcome you here to celebrate the publication of senior fellow thomas ricks book the new generals American Military command from world war ii to today. Speaking of books, we have some for sale so if youre interested it will be on sale after the event. I already picked up on which i see some of you have in the ballroom lobby. Thomas ricks has been a member of of the family for quite a while serving as a senior fellow at the center. Tom writes a widely read blog called the best defense which won the 2000 National Award for best blog of the year. He is wellknown for his book fiasco the American Military adventu
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