tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post517789319542835572..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Military procurement lessons (re)learned of the last decadesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-86581367505210531882010-09-02T20:27:51.296+02:002010-09-02T20:27:51.296+02:00The reasons for failure are many, but in the end y...The reasons for failure are many, but in the end you can group them into evil, incompetence and bad luck. The latter cannot explain such a widespread phenomenon, of course.<br /><br />By the way; do you know the last three German minister of defence? Two of them were beyond doubt incompetent. One was at least not "competent enough" and (at least) one of them was a liar.<br /><br />A look at the German army structure or even a simple look at the TO&E of most brigades also clearly shows that the inspector general of the time was obviously a terrible failure: Some of our combat brigades have no organic mortars and no artillery (and there are no such divisional assets either in these cases!).S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-41616455576649476212010-09-02T20:08:35.164+02:002010-09-02T20:08:35.164+02:00You claim either incompetence or evil. Given that...You claim either incompetence or evil. Given that every western military has procurement issues and given that procurement is a "ticket punch" for most high level officer careers, this implies that you believe that the military leadership of the western world is made up of incompetent evil-doers.Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.com