President Truman once said the invasion at Anzio was bungled by squirrel-headed generals.
The Constitution established that the over-all command of the military should remain in civilian control so as to, I suppose, prevent a potential military take-over. Squirrel-headedness, however, exists in both the civilian and military sectors.
Witness the following report relative to the growing and continuing fiasco in Pakistan.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis208.html
We may be seeing the beginning of 'history revisited'.
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