Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A cynical joke suggesting that military organizations cannot be truly intelligent.
- In plain terms
- Military organizations are not smart.
- What can you take from it?
- Critique of military decision-making.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is the military intelligent?
- How should we judge authority?
Another view
It dismisses complex strategic planning entirely.
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