What would a 9/11 staff ride look like?
Anyone can do a Gettysburg staff ride. I’ve done four there, and enjoyed them all.
Anyone can do a Gettysburg staff ride. I’ve done four there, and enjoyed them all.
Anyone can do a Gettysburg staff ride. I’ve done four there, and enjoyed them all.
But a real challenge would be a 9/11 staff ride. Where would it go, and what would it study?
I’d probably do a day in New York, then a day in D.C. Stay at the Marriotts where some of the hijackers stayed. Look at official reactions. What else?
Would it be legitimate to conclude with a war game in which an alternate course is pursued? Perhaps one in which the U.S. invades Afghanistan but leaves after chasing away al-Qaeda, and doesn’t invade Iraq.
What else?
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