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Originally posted by Spanky
Can you predict the future accurately? If so, how come you are posting here and not reveling in the trillions of dollars you have made off the stock and real estate markets?
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There is a difference between: (a) being able to accurately predict the future, and (b) analyzing and understanding various possible eventualities and preparing for them.
Our military and civilian professionals do both of those all the time, with varying degrees of success. They are supposed to be good at (b). In this instance, many senior staff proved to be very bad at it.
Whoever said "stupid and incompetent" is wrong. There is a big difference between intelligence and wisdom, and the folks involved tended to be damn smart. There seems to have been some pretty serious competency issues, though.
S_A_M
