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Old 05-13-2008, 09:29 PM
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In leadership training, there is the adage that a good MANAGER does "things" well.
The good LEADER does the right "things."

Our Military is the equivalent of our MANAGERS:* They are doing well the things they are told to do. :bigthumbsup: :bigthumbsup: :bigthumbsup:

Our Politicians are our LEADERS:* Are they doing the right "things?"

I viewed the movie "Charlie Wilson's War" the other day.* Charlie was portrayed as an effective renegade politician who thought he did the "right thing" in facilitating the defeat of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.* He can also be viewed as the man who undermined US foreign policy and created fertile ground for Islamic extremists to occupy and train where we now have to fight and control instead of the Soviets.* Did he really do the "right thing?"*

Was it the "right thing" to create the vacuum in Iraq by eliminating Saddam - a question being asked by many.* All the while our military is doing a great job of doing well the "things" they are told to do.* That is likely the Sgt. Major's major gripe - the decisions of our leaders, some of which in hindsight appear questionable, whether directed by Democrats or Republicans.

An individual can't drink very much and be as lucid as the Sgt. Major was. His points are well-taken, and I'm confident mostly true, if not as even-handed as some would like.
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Old 05-13-2008, 09:37 PM
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Checked it out as you suggested and guess what, you are wrong. Glad you decided to emphasize it's a "FACT" though. It clarifies some a lot of your "FACTS".

Keep up the good work!

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/north.asp
Just couldn't resist checking further. So, I went to that ultra-right wing, conservative media monster known as the Public Broadcasting Service. Now, I realize that many look at PBS for being the "Praise Bush System" and just want to see it dismantled for it's total negativism towards the Democratic Party and all things labeled as "Liberal."

PBS' summary about bin Laden covers from 1988 through May, 2001, his entry into public life, when the US knew of his activities, the Embassy bombings, the cruise missile retaliation, the 1998 indictment filed by the US Attorney, and other "irrelevant" stuff" can be found at

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl.../synopsis.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl.../etc/cron.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...aden/bombings/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...laden/upclose/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...en/interviews/

Sorry to have to reference such an unreliable and biased source as PBS, but it was the best I could do at short notice...
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Old 05-14-2008, 11:05 AM
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Steve Z

My response was directed to the definitive, and absurd, statement that Ollie North mentioned Bin Laden in his senate testimony in 1987 and that was a specific "FACT" which should be checked out. That was the extent of it.



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Old 05-14-2008, 05:05 PM
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Steve Z

My response was directed to the definitive, and absurd, statement that Ollie North mentioned Bin Laden in his senate testimony in 1987 and that was a specific "FACT" which should be checked out. That was the extent of it.
Sorry if it seems like I went off the deep end - Not a good day yesterday (lousy excuse, but the best I got).

We always seem to be trying to rewrite history and argue it, never recognizing sometimes (I'm guilty of this!) that all history will be slanted by the author. I think the line used to be "one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist," and no better example of this is comparing American and British accounts of the Revolution in the American Colonies. All personal interpretations of sight, sound and smell bring some objectivity and a bunch of subjective analysis.

I hope the finger-pointing starts to subside, and what follows are desires for the future of our country and all of its people. It would be cool if those desires also weigh the potential downstream effects. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction is a truism - Newton's Third Law of Motion. Ignoring Newton's truism is always a very expensive oversight.
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Old 05-16-2008, 01:31 AM
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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction is a truism - Newton's Third Law of Motion. Ignoring Newton's truism is always a very expensive oversight.
That is so true, in both local and national politics as well as the through generations of families. Very insightful.
 


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