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How Tech Almost Lost the War

Posted by samzenpus on from the just-point-and-shoot dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Blame the geeks for the mess in Iraq? Wired says so. Networked troops were supposed to be so efficient, it'd take just a few of 'em to wipe out their enemies. But the Pentagon got their network theory all wrong, with too few nodes and a closed architecture. Besides, a more efficient killing machine is the last thing you want in an insurgency like Iraq."

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  1. Re:!! JESUS! HELP ME KILL MORE PEOPLE FASTER!!! by MarsDefenseMinister · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just a little. I'd put Solomon and the other authors of the Holy Bible on the list too. Thanks for the correction.

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  2. Re:Blame the Geeks? by AKAImBatman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Who said anything about firing in an urban area? That would indeed be stupid. We have Apaches with precision machine guns and low-yield missiles for those situations. (EVIL GRIN)

    Seriously, what's with placing words in my mouth? I know it's a Slashdot tradition, but there are a lot better things to argue about without setting up a strawman.

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  3. Re:Blame the Geeks? by AKAImBatman · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Or maybe we could stop killing them.

    Think they'd reciprocate? Honestly?

    No one had to die after Baghdad was captured. The government was toppled and Saddam was on the run. We didn't continue shooting and bombing people because we wanted to install a hyperspace bypass and they were in the way. They were shooting at us. We shot back. That pretty much sums things up.
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