I think we're talking about different scales. At the small scale the military screws up all the time. At the big scale the military fields more bases, ship to

I think we're talking about different scales. At the small scale the military screws up all the time. At the big scale the military fields more bases, ship tonnage, airplanes, etc than any other organization in the world. It's exactly this ability to derive successful operation from unreliable parts that I'm pointing toward.