Comments on: Follow Me To The End Of The Day http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/follow-me-to-the-end-of-the-day/ Just another Firedoglake weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:35:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Spencer Ackerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/follow-me-to-the-end-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5561 Spencer Ackerman Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:38:33 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/follow-me-to-the-end-of-the-day/#comment-5561 <p>Great catch. Totally missed that, er, internal tension.</p> Great catch. Totally missed that, er, internal tension.

]]> By: CTuttle http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/follow-me-to-the-end-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5560 CTuttle Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:51:24 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/follow-me-to-the-end-of-the-day/#comment-5560 <p>Before I read this post, I’d read Kramer’s piece… This immediately struck me as ludicrous…</p> <blockquote><p>But unlike the Lebanon war of 2006, this war has been planned in advance, and <strong>every stage has been war-gamed</strong>.</p></blockquote> <p>In fairness, he does later acknowledge…</p> <blockquote><p>As with any multi-stage plan, Israel’s appears <strong>clearer at the outset and fuzzier in the later stages</strong>, where consensus dissipates</p></blockquote> <p>War plans never survive the first bullet down range…! WTF?</p> Before I read this post, I’d read Kramer’s piece… This immediately struck me as ludicrous…

But unlike the Lebanon war of 2006, this war has been planned in advance, and every stage has been war-gamed.

In fairness, he does later acknowledge…

As with any multi-stage plan, Israel’s appears clearer at the outset and fuzzier in the later stages, where consensus dissipates

War plans never survive the first bullet down range…! WTF?

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