Re: Yes, that is the easy part . . .
I do know what you mean, Larry, but here:
He was fighting the last war and couldn't see the need for preparing for the next one.
The general is not alone. We have a lot of folks on Capital Hill doing the exact same thing. When they need the military, they're all very gung-ho, but they're the first to vote cuts once that last round is fired.
An up-(Capital)-Hill battle:
Now get the budgeting passed through Congress during peacetime to defend against a future enemy in a future war -- and keep the new technology off the www.
Dan