Like most psychology,,, so what?? Interesting, but what? RETCWO has already said, and I agree, this is firmly established here already.
The real question, like most military actions, is "Where to get the funding" (unfortunately, that is where most battles are won or lost., on the budget table)
Same for our political battles,,, we are out of funding, but not of "good ideas". One of my jobs in the military was to try to figure out for my 4 Star, the real live, ranking of all missions,,, Everyone THOUGHT they were critical,,, nobody wanted to be number TWO.... but the reality was we only had money for one or two protection ideas, So the boss had to know definitvely where and what to spend the last nickel on... it couldn't be wasted, and there was no more..
That is kind of where society is finding itself.
I understand, but I wonder if others do how budgets expand... as a Govt Program mgr you get a bunch of orders, to do "something,,, nobody starts out to solve world hunger,,, but the mission "creeps" a few little demands here, or a "wouldn't it be nice if I had access to all phone records" there,,,, and the next thing you know,, you are trying to do a lot more than originally designed.
NObody starts out to hose the next guy, it is really intended to help, but the govt tends to overstep, and for instance the NSA,, while it performs a service that according to this article SHOULD feed and succor the conservative psyche, it has the opposite effect....
That is what I mean, by "So what" not that it is worthless but what the hell do you actually do with it??
RetNavyCWO wrote:
Very interesting, UncleJesse! I'm curious to see how the conservatives on here view these studies, even though there is nothing criticizing them. I think both camps should recognize themselves. They include useful information, but I think they confirm what many have already concluded. Thanks for this posting!