Comment of the day: Jim Gourley on a bad lt. col. who was a ‘UAV cowboy’
The Best Defense comment of the day prize goes to Jim Gourley, about halfway down in yesterday’s lengthy discussion of Lt. Gen. Caldwell’s info ops problems: “My LTC was a UAV cowboy until I told him I wasn’t going to be his rodeo clown.”
The Best Defense comment of the day prize goes to Jim Gourley, about halfway down in yesterday's lengthy discussion of Lt. Gen. Caldwell's info ops problems: "My LTC was a UAV cowboy until I told him I wasn't going to be his rodeo clown."
The Best Defense comment of the day prize goes to Jim Gourley, about halfway down in yesterday’s lengthy discussion of Lt. Gen. Caldwell’s info ops problems: “My LTC was a UAV cowboy until I told him I wasn’t going to be his rodeo clown.”
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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