The age of the bureaucrat–or, how to cripple an army.

Posted on October 10, 2011 by KG

‘A decade of failure
…The support operation was so big that the front-line was almost an irrelevance. Astonishingly, out of almost 8,000 troops, only 200 would be available for patrol on any given day…’

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7 Responses to The age of the bureaucrat–or, how to cripple an army.

  1. caleb says:
    October 10, 2011 at 18:07

    like. seen it in NZ. Still practicing Vietnam tactics, unfocused, overrun with logistics and top heavy with officers.

  2. Nemesis says:
    October 10, 2011 at 18:07

    The soldiers are willing to fight but are poorly equipped and poorly led. Led by donkeys is how General Jim Molan (ret) described a similar situation here in Oz.

    This current government has cut back on defence, as all socialist governments do, and it shows in the poor equipment levels particularly with the Aussies in Afghanistan. A bloody disgrace, but after all, what can we expect from incompetent government?

  3. Darin says:
    October 10, 2011 at 23:13

    Knowing a few US troopers our situation isn’t much better.The new ROE are completely stupid and have done nothing but demoralize the troops and encourage the enemy.

  4. Flashman says:
    October 11, 2011 at 03:58

    Unbelievable! You imagined this bungling ‘lions led by donkeys’ nonsense went out in the Crimea or Boer wars.

    NZ is perhaps no different – on deployment there are busloads of Squadron Leaders in charge of two helicopters.

  5. wake up says:
    October 11, 2011 at 07:03

    Let’s see if I’ve got it right. It’s still OUR fault that Afghanistan is culturally ungovernable. Oh that’s alright then.

    We shouldn’t even BE there.

  6. Carol-Christian Soldier says:
    October 11, 2011 at 10:33

    10 years ago our BEST had to ride horses- no good roads-
    now our tax-$$ together w/ our BEST have built roads and infra structure-guess what- the US and her allies- have gotten no-where –
    re: the ‘religion of peace’ :
    I want all of our BEST to come home! Now
    how about you all!
    Carol-CS

    • Darin says:
      October 11, 2011 at 11:19

      Afghanistan we should have just taken over.There has been no functioning government there for 300 years or better.We should have just moved in and played Cowboys and Taliban until things were sorted.Every single Mosque and Madrasa should have been leveled and not a single Muslim should have been left in authority anywhere.But we in the west have gotten soft.