Comments on: On Civilian Oversite of the Armed Forces http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/16/on-civilian-oversite-of-the-armed-forces/ Bursts of Clarity, Illuminated. Thu, 07 May 2009 15:48:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: OceansOfThought http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/16/on-civilian-oversite-of-the-armed-forces/comment-page-1/#comment-11 OceansOfThought Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:01:40 +0000 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/16/on-civilian-oversite-of-the-armed-forces/#comment-11 Well, I cannot argue your opinion, but I can discuss it's relation to mine. I feel that being in the armed forces affords the commander a deeper insight into what they have to deal with.(how'd you like that grammatically incorrect statement) ANyway, I believe there are strong, great leaders who can lead militaries without attending themselves. Too bad i can't think of any right now. All the ones that spring to mind made the same mistake I put into this post. Not lincoln of course. He served in the Black Hawk war in 1832. Well, I cannot argue your opinion, but I can discuss it’s relation to mine. I feel that being in the armed forces affords the commander a deeper insight into what they have to deal with.(how’d you like that grammatically incorrect statement)

ANyway, I believe there are strong, great leaders who can lead militaries without attending themselves. Too bad i can’t think of any right now. All the ones that spring to mind made the same mistake I put into this post. Not lincoln of course. He served in the Black Hawk war in 1832.

]]> By: FlannelDoormat http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/16/on-civilian-oversite-of-the-armed-forces/comment-page-1/#comment-10 FlannelDoormat Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:53:19 +0000 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/16/on-civilian-oversite-of-the-armed-forces/#comment-10 Let's face facts, the news of any day is subject to opinion, history is written by the winners. You can take a look at any event you choose (military not withstanding) and take the tempered opinion of the losers in conjunction with what is known to be true, and you might be so lucky as to determine a reasonable approximation of what actually took place. As for supreme authority of any one person over anything, I've always found that a General is not worthy of leading his troops, nor will he feel their associated respect, if he's never served himself in the trenches. -SansAlbatross Let’s face facts, the news of any day is subject to opinion, history is written by the winners. You can take a look at any event you choose (military not withstanding) and take the tempered opinion of the losers in conjunction with what is known to be true, and you might be so lucky as to determine a reasonable approximation of what actually took place.

As for supreme authority of any one person over anything, I’ve always found that a General is not worthy of leading his troops, nor will he feel their associated respect, if he’s never served himself in the trenches.

-SansAlbatross

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