I’m all for this, but as this technology proliferates we’ll encounter a new phenomenon: needing to reboot one’s house.
“Sorry ma’am, I couldn’t do my homework because my house’s firmware upgrade failed and crashed the system.”
Not the SECDEF doing the firing this time. Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the Pacific Fleet, relieved the captain and executive officer of the USS George Washington due to substandard performance leading to the $70 million fire on their ship in May.
I hadn’t realized how many commanders the Navy had relieved this year.
Wednesday’s actions marked the sixth time this year the Navy has relieved one of its commanding officers and the fourth time the discipline involved command at sea. Earlier this week, the skipper of the Pearl Harbor, an amphibious transport, was fired after the ship ran aground in the Persian Gulf.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, July 31, 2008, “Two Top Navy Officers Fired Over $70 Million Carrier Blaze,” By Dale Eisman.
Another water analogy related to irregular warfare - but this time in our favor:
“Al-Qaeda losing the Sunni population is like a human being losing the ability to drink water,” [Abu Taha al-Lihebi, an al-Qaeda in Iraq leader in eastern Anbar province who recently split from the group, said.] “Because of Masri’s weak personality and leadership, al-Qaeda in Iraq was weakened and split and lost the Sunni population.”
[1] Washington Post, July 31, 2008, Pg. 1, “Al-Qaeda In Iraq Leader May Be In Afghanistan,” By Amit R. Paley
