Re: On war
Ondine (ondine@rocketmail.com)
Mon, 7 Jul 1997 20:05:46 -0700 (PDT)
---Donald Simmons wrote:
> Really? In lots of democratic societies, you get your positions
by
> pulling strings and playing political games. I'm not saying it
happens
> always, or even a lot, but probably more often then we think. The
Alliance
> is so politically top-heavy that good soldiers are being forced out
in
> favour of yes-men. The Alliance invasion of the Empire is a perfect
> example of this. Yang and others thought the plan was badly put
together,
> but what's-his-name had the ears of the politians and so his view
> prevailed.
>
> Donald Simmons
What you said is very true in reality. But from what I understood,
that's the exactly the case in Alliance's politics, not so much for
its military. Sure some admirals got appointed for political reasons,
but it doesn't appear to me that a lot of them got their position by
playing strings, nor that the yes-men got appointed even if they are
COMPLETELY not up to a reasonable standard. No doubt that there could
be _better_ admirals in the Alliance, but I won't say the admirals
should be as incompetent as depicted in the story itself.
Pardon me if I miscomprehended the story.
Ondine
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