A failure in generalship

Armed Forces Journal by Lt. Col. Paul Yingling | Apr. 27, 2007 (Opinion)

For the second time in a generation, the United States faces the prospect of defeat at the hands of an insurgency. In April 1975, the U.S. fled the Republic of Vietnam, abandoning our allies to their fate at the hands of North Vietnamese communists. In 2007, Iraq's grave and deteriorating condition offers diminishing hope for an American victory and portends risk of an even wider and more destructive regional war.

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by Oliver Jones - Oct. 1, 2008

This superbly reasoned and hard-nosed essay takes a realist's approach to understanding the role of senior military officers in US statecraft. It offers a serious recommendation to Congress on how to exercise their oversight function to increase the accountability of officers for courageously telling the truth. Some will dismiss the analysis of the present Iraq conflict as "20/20 hindsight," but the author successfully makes the case that there was plenty of foresight.