Battle what, now?

From a piece at the WSJ on current naval affairs...

Ah, yes. History buffs will recall that, after the Imperial Japanese Navy shelled Pearl Harbor and sank all our carriers with gunfire, we famously pivoted to a battleship-based strategy in 1942 because... I'm sorry, I can't even do this as sarcasm. It's just too laughable.

Dude's a retired Navy officer. He knows what he's saying is BS, but it's being phrased for an audience of one, because gotta suck up to that audience for budget money.

Like, imagine being so willing to abase yourself before the current power structure that you're willing to say something on the record that is so dumb on its face that you know you're gonna get absolutely dragged if it's quoted, but you go ahead and do it anyway.

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