Monday, July 06, 2009
'The Kill Company'
One of the more painful articles you'll read about America's involvement in Iraq (sub. req.). ... A blurb suggests the story is about the "fundamental difference of opinion about how to prosecute the war in Iraq." I had assumed, after the recent successes of the surge and its counter-insurgency tactics, that this issue was now moot. But there are apparently some in the military who still think war comes down to either herbivores or carnivores, as the article notes, and so the divisions remain. ... Thank goodness the medical community doesn't have similar either-or conflicts about treatments (i.e., that all medical situations have one overriding solution). ...
One of the more painful articles you'll read about America's involvement in Iraq (sub. req.). ... A blurb suggests the story is about the "fundamental difference of opinion about how to prosecute the war in Iraq." I had assumed, after the recent successes of the surge and its counter-insurgency tactics, that this issue was now moot. But there are apparently some in the military who still think war comes down to either herbivores or carnivores, as the article notes, and so the divisions remain. ... Thank goodness the medical community doesn't have similar either-or conflicts about treatments (i.e., that all medical situations have one overriding solution). ...
