MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT [VIP]: Democrats in Denial and Other Failures to Cope in the Second Trump Era.
“Lessons learned” is one of the most powerful weapons in a military’s arsenal — a formal process for “capturing, analyzing, and applying knowledge or insights gained from past operations, exercises, or other events.”
While it lacks the dramatic presence of an M1A3 Abrams main battle tank or the existential dread of a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile, Lessons Learned allows a military organization to avoid repeating failures, to build on past successes, and — perhaps most importantly — to disseminate those lessons throughout the organization and enhance future decision-making.
If there’s a human pursuit as chaotic and prone to failure as military operations, it must be politics.
Much more at the link — VIP members asked for more long-form pieces and I’ve been happy to oblige.