Revolutionary War?
Slate has an interesting analysis of what the US military did differently this time around--key elements include intraservice cooperation, high-tech targeting of bombs and real-time views of the battlefield, and aggressive special-ops action. But despite the talk about a revolution in military affairs, didn't we win this thing with heavy armor and air power? We used them more effectively than in past wars, to be sure, but that's not a revolution, it's an advance.
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Lex Alexander: "The 'perception' of secrecy in the Bush administration that Cheney derides has an unmistakable basis in facts." (10:21 PM post 4/10/03; archive links at Lex's new address are glitching.)
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