28 August 2003, 12:41 PM
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Denny,
Very well put and of course 100% correct. I suppose what compelled me to make the post above is the fact of my own surprise at finding so much support for aviation from so many of the more thoughtful and/or less political officers in the prewar. Be they German , French, UKers, etc.
The military is , was and probably always will be like any other large, established institution. Attempts to progress or even to adapt can often be like trying to sprint to the end zone in a foot of mud.
Still, though they suffer the consequences of human nature (unavoidable in human institutions)
the military is not somehow more dogmatic, more slow witted, less adaptable than other organizations of similar size. They are mirrors of their place and time.
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