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Arm chair generals? Well yeah - military generals have a track record of being able to rapidly train and deploy people during a crisis. Do you think in World W
by native_samples 5y ago
Arm chair generals? Well yeah - military generals have a track record of being able to rapidly train and deploy people during a crisis.
Do you think in World War 2 the generals sat around saying "there's no possible way we can increase the size of our air force, it takes years to train pilots and engineers". No, they didn't. They found ways to make it work, because it was a crisis. The absolute refusal by the health sector to do this in any way speaks volumes.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoI don’t think you understand what the word “arm chair general” actually means. It’s just a term that means “someone who has no experience with the field thinking the answers are easy and that the experts doing the work are just idiots for not seeing how easy the answers are.”
- native_samples 5y agoI know exactly what it means. Nonetheless the term isn't really apt here, given the connotations and obvious parallels with real world military operations.