Uncle Sam Botches Armored Vehicle Acquisition Goal

Politicians cannot by definition learn from their mistakes as the political memory is too short. The current administration always believes their own hipe about assigning their mistakes to the the previous administration, any previous administration no matter how far back as long as it was conveniently wrong.

I wouldn't find believing your own hype as unique to this administration. I worked in the 1990s as a defense analyst in Washington DC and found that the Bush I and Clinton administrations had the same problems. However, the press and elites liked Clinton and wanted him to succeed, so they were eager to minimize his mistakes. This made him seem more effective than he was to outsiders.

I think the political class in general are very similar to atheletes and movie stars - they surrond themselves with sycophants who will not tell them when they are out of touch.

Politicians cannot by definition learn from their mistakes:

You find this happens in all countries and shades of political following and is not confined to any one administration.

More armour . . bigger IEDs . . and so it goes on. We are all so tired of this.

The politicians and the bankers who finance them should be the ones on the field of battle. Hand powered weapons only. Then maybe they might evolve past their egos.

Add the organized crime so many are in bed with to keep up the attrition rate.

Special interests can not win in a war, and politics are special interests.

Big money does not want a war won. It wants to sell you more weapons (and to the other side). They make their profit regardless.

enough depression for one post

Brad