Comments on: Our country would have been much better off in the immediate postwar years if we had had a group of officers who were thoroughly experienced in all the problems of this type of work https://www.isegoria.net/2025/10/our-country-would-have-been-much-better-off-in-the-immediate-postwar-years-if-we-had-had-a-group-of-officers-who-were-thoroughly-experienced-in-all-the-problems-of-this-type-of-work-2/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:15:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bruce https://www.isegoria.net/2025/10/our-country-would-have-been-much-better-off-in-the-immediate-postwar-years-if-we-had-had-a-group-of-officers-who-were-thoroughly-experienced-in-all-the-problems-of-this-type-of-work-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3760196 Bruce Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:19:19 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53602#comment-3760196 In this book Groves makes the point that the tremendous investment in building the bomb was a factor in deciding to use it. Sunk cost fallacy. If the cream of the US Army regulars had gone into nukes, our chances of using nukes would have been greater.

‘…in time of war every possible regular officer should be in the combat area’. Maybe. Keeping valuable, trustworthy regulars home and throwing expendable allies, felons, and conscripts into the meat grinder first has worked for Russia.

]]> By: Rooster Rocket https://www.isegoria.net/2025/10/our-country-would-have-been-much-better-off-in-the-immediate-postwar-years-if-we-had-had-a-group-of-officers-who-were-thoroughly-experienced-in-all-the-problems-of-this-type-of-work-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3760194 Rooster Rocket Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:30:13 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53602#comment-3760194 1. “The graveyards are full of indispensable men.”

2. That said, I find that so many monumental achievements in Christendom/The West were accomplished by men who, had they died, the achievement’s success would have been in doubt.

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