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LBJ et al. itin. Local discontent with imperial trade policies necessitates your immediate presence in Outlying Regions. You will proceed by Trans-Visigoth Airlines to the Scandinavian Territories, where you will be met by inflatable crowds who will cheer glumly. You are instructed to make spontaneous purchases from small merchants and to point a warning finger at malcontent authorities. Be of Good Will, take the family, and smile a lot. We’ll cover for you at home, /s/ The Boss.

Admiral George Anderson (ret.), former Chief of Naval Operations who got the axe for speaking his mind, elaborated on his concern last week before the National Press Club in Washington, en route to Lisbon where he will serve as Ambassador, and explain to Salazar why it is absolutely necessary for the United States to betray Portugal. He discussed the deterioration of morale in the armed services ever since the computers and their mahouts took over the Pentagon. Civilian leaders should recognize, he said, that the expression of expert opinion by military leaders is not eo ipso a challenge to civilian control. He cited the “abrupt reversal of military recommendations without interim consultation, as was the case in the TFX and VTOL contracts,” and painted a picture of skilled generals serving as uniformed butlers for the warriors from Harvard. Great lakes of ink were consumed a few years ago to describe the damage to service morale done by Senator McCarthy, but Adm. Anderson’s documentary drew scant attention from the press. The Washington Post drew the relevant distinction: it buried Adm. Anderson’s speech in a small story back in the paper, and gave three-column front page coverage to the indictment of former McCarthy counsel Roy Cohn.

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LBJ et al. itin. Local discontent with imperial trade policies necessitates your immediate presence in Outlying Regions. You will proceed by Trans-Visigoth Airlines to the Scandinavian Territories, where you will be met by inflatable crowds who will cheer glumly. You are instructed to make spontaneous purchases from small merchants and to point a warning finger at malcontent authorities. Be of Good Will, take the family, and smile a lot. We’ll cover for you at home, /s/ The Boss.

Admiral George Anderson (ret.), former Chief of Naval Operations who got the axe for speaking his mind, elaborated on his concern last week before the National Press Club in Washington, en route to Lisbon where he will serve as Ambassador, and explain to Salazar why it is absolutely necessary for the United States to betray Portugal. He discussed the deterioration of morale in the armed services ever since the computers and their mahouts took over the Pentagon. Civilian leaders should recognize, he said, that the expression of expert opinion by military leaders is not eo ipso a challenge to civilian control. He cited the “abrupt reversal of military recommendations without interim consultation, as was the case in the TFX and VTOL contracts,” and painted a picture of skilled generals serving as uniformed butlers for the warriors from Harvard. Great lakes of ink were consumed a few years ago to describe the damage to service morale done by Senator McCarthy, but Adm. Anderson’s documentary drew scant attention from the press. The Washington Post drew the relevant distinction: it buried Adm. Anderson’s speech in a small story back in the paper, and gave three-column front page coverage to the indictment of former McCarthy counsel Roy Cohn.