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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (211881)	7/13/2007 9:15:34 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793966

To succeed in either, there need to be effective central planning. The old gag is that "the Left loves the welfare bureaucrats, and the Right loves them too if you put them in uniform and call them Generals." Central planning is a disaster for the Military. Unfortunately, there is no other structure available for running wars. So you just hope that your warfare bureaucrats are better at it than theirs. We had wars run by private armies in Europe during the renaissance, but they didn't want to fight that hard, and switched sides too often. That's why the military has $3000 toilet seats. And why you see such a big move to "contracting out" a lot of military functions to get the costs down and get a more efficient operation.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (211881)	7/13/2007 9:19:53 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793966

To succeed in either, there need to be effective central planning. I think that when people speak of "central planning" they're talking economics, not war. Term of art. Economic fiddling can theoretically be done at various government levels or by the private sector so there is a decision to be made as to where to handle it. War is unambiguously a function of the federal government so central planning (common parlance) is a given. Formulating public policy for the greater good. That's a really broad definition of "do goody." Presumably all public policy in a democracy is undertaken for the greater good. Even war is waged with the intent of the greater good, perhaps mistakenly, but with that intent. I doubt you'd consider war to be "do goody." Here, FYI, is what Webster has to say. do-gooder : an earnest often naive humanitarian or reformer