RE: Landmines RE: US Foreign Policy Re: *DO* we share a civilization?

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Thursday, August 16, 2001 1:26 AM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: Landmines RE: US Foreign Policy Re: *DO* we share a
> civilization?
> 
> 
> You wrote:
> > You know, people (including mr. Rossiter) are quite capable of
> > acquiring knowledge *without* getting a degree in the subject. For 
> > example, I know my way around computers and computer networks (that's 
> > what my boss pays me for!), but I don't have a Masters Degree in 
> > Computer Science. Does my not having a CS degree make me incapable 
> > of, say, analyzing and solving network problems?
> 
> but yesterday you wrote:
> > And how many of those experts have actually been stationed in Korea?
> I put more faith in the beliefs of a commanding officer who was
> actually there, than in the opinions of experts who sit in their
> comfortable chairs in the Pentagon, and base their opinions on reports,
> charts and statistics.<
> 
> Like, say, Mr. Rossiter?
> 
> I wasn't expecting a 180-degree flip-flop overnight, Jeroen.

In my first statement, I made a comparison between officers stationed in
Korea and officers sitting in their Pentagon offices. AFAIK, mr. Rossiter is
not an officer in the US military.

In my second statement, I pointed out that people can acquire knowledge
without getting a degree in the subject. Whether a person is military or
civilian has nothing to do with that. So, no "180-degree flip-flop
overnight", Adam.


Jeroen

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