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If publishing surgeon's performance leads to better surgeries, then I would say there is a chance same would happen in military operations.

by Ygg2 13y ago

smsm42 13y ago
Publishing surgeon performances wouldn't really lead to better surgeries by any particular surgeon - most of them are doing their best already. It would enable you to choose a better one (provided you can afford it and he/she can take you). Since you can not choose military commanders, how useful is that for you?
- columbo 13y ago
  > Since you can not choose military commanders, how useful is that for you? Huh? http://www.defense.gov/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=45870 http://www.defense.gov/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=45870 I may not be able to sit in and vote for a commander but every appointment has the backing of an elected official that can be replaced. As a civilian everything the military does is of interest to me and should be made open - your argument of "you may not understand it" is irrelevant. I want to know everything from how much they spend on toothpaste to how many civilians have died.
  - smsm42 13y ago
    I know why civilians control the military. But I think you have wrong idea about it. Politicians control top generals, but they do not control details of every military operation, and neither do you - so knowing the details of the specific operational planning of the army would not be very useful to you, unless you want you politician to intervene in specific operation planning - which would not be very good, as neither you nor your politician have the relevant knowledge. There can be situations where common knowledge is enough - e.g. if certain commander plans to kill all civilians in the city, you don't have to be in the military to know it's wrong and such commander should be removed - but such cases are very rare. Usually mass-casualty tragedies result from a set of very complex circumstances and varied set of coincidences and mistakes, and I'm not sure your politician will be qualified to figure it out.

If publishing surgeon's performance leads to better surgeries, then I would say there is a chance same would happen in military operations.

by Ygg2 13y ago

If publishing surgeon's performance leads to better surgeries, then I would say there is a chance same would happen in military operations.

smsm42 13y ago

Publishing surgeon performances wouldn't really lead to better surgeries by any particular surgeon - most of them are doing their best already. It would enable you to choose a better one (provided you can afford it and he/she can take you). Since you can not choose military commanders, how useful is that for you?

columbo 13y ago
> Since you can not choose military commanders, how useful is that for you? Huh? http://www.defense.gov/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=45870 http://www.defense.gov/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=45870 I may not be able to sit in and vote for a commander but every appointment has the backing of an elected official that can be replaced. As a civilian everything the military does is of interest to me and should be made open - your argument of "you may not understand it" is irrelevant. I want to know everything from how much they spend on toothpaste to how many civilians have died.
- smsm42 13y ago
  I know why civilians control the military. But I think you have wrong idea about it. Politicians control top generals, but they do not control details of every military operation, and neither do you - so knowing the details of the specific operational planning of the army would not be very useful to you, unless you want you politician to intervene in specific operation planning - which would not be very good, as neither you nor your politician have the relevant knowledge. There can be situations where common knowledge is enough - e.g. if certain commander plans to kill all civilians in the city, you don't have to be in the military to know it's wrong and such commander should be removed - but such cases are very rare. Usually mass-casualty tragedies result from a set of very complex circumstances and varied set of coincidences and mistakes, and I'm not sure your politician will be qualified to figure it out.