Ed Offley, writing for Military.com on Same Old Story – Combat Gear Comes Too Late:
I wish I could be secretary of Defense for one day.
I wouldn't spend the time enjoying the secretary's posh E-Ring office in the Pentagon. I wouldn't pass my time watching the Old Guard passing in review (enjoyable though that ceremony always is). I wouldn't even spend the day touring a major military base such as Fort Bragg or the Norfolk Naval Station.
No – what I would do is prepare and launch a major missile strike.
My target would be the Pentagon's acquisition bureaucracy, whose overall ineptitude and sloth is indirectly responsible for more American casualties in Iraq than one can count.
Word.