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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
okay. so you confuse when politicians set goals with when officers decide how to achieve the goals. I understand why you, basically learning what you know from blogs, can't see the difference.
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You might want to refresh your recollection of the Kosovo thing, and do so in conjunction with what happened in Somalia, before you push this argument. I'd hate to see the Proud Crimson Banner of Ve Ri Tas imperiled in a spat with some dinosaur.
Oh, and Truman/MacArthur, too, now that I think about it. Unleashing Chiang and nuking the ChiComs were, I suppose, examples of the Procounsol's decisions on how to achieve the President's goals in Korea.
