its literally every war the US is involved in. it doesn’t matter the audience: flag officers/planners, civilian leadership, the general public. reports are always positively spun to make it seem like even obvious strategic and tactical defeats are really some innovative genre of victory. marketing the war is always more important than fighting it. nobody wants to hear bad news so subordinates find creative ways to articulate the information up in a positive way. each level pads it as it moves up, until the last person only sees how great everything is going. a good leader would see the subtext and make changes, but there is zero chance of that happening in the US’ imperial institutions.
i fucking guarantee that decision makers will continue to believe the spin, insist the US is winning the war, and is mere days from victory right up until some critical logistical chain collapses or a carrier is sunk with thousands dead.
and frankly, the way they shuffle back the carrier groups it seems clear at least some know they must do whatever it takes to avoid even risking it happening, because leadership would find a way to shift the blame and punishment onto the people who follow their orders.
my fear is, once the reality of how unwinnable this conflict is dawns on its plotters, will they just lob a few nukes in humiliated desperation? i would say not, because it would achieve nothing / nor reopening anything… but these people are truly stupid.
its literally every war the US is involved in. it doesn’t matter the audience: flag officers/planners, civilian leadership, the general public. reports are always positively spun to make it seem like even obvious strategic and tactical defeats are really some innovative genre of victory. marketing the war is always more important than fighting it. nobody wants to hear bad news so subordinates find creative ways to articulate the information up in a positive way. each level pads it as it moves up, until the last person only sees how great everything is going. a good leader would see the subtext and make changes, but there is zero chance of that happening in the US’ imperial institutions.
i fucking guarantee that decision makers will continue to believe the spin, insist the US is winning the war, and is mere days from victory right up until some critical logistical chain collapses or a carrier is sunk with thousands dead.
and frankly, the way they shuffle back the carrier groups it seems clear at least some know they must do whatever it takes to avoid even risking it happening, because leadership would find a way to shift the blame and punishment onto the people who follow their orders.
my fear is, once the reality of how unwinnable this conflict is dawns on its plotters, will they just lob a few nukes in humiliated desperation? i would say not, because it would achieve nothing / nor reopening anything… but these people are truly stupid.
the war going nuclear because these idiots can’t accept defeat is my biggest worry as well