That broken and very expensive crystal ball

For the most part, all these evidences of a
world coming unglued fall in the tragic category;
we can only chronicle them, and weep. But one
massive fiasco promises high comedy: that of the
so-called "Revolution in Military Affairs," the
vast Pentagon money tit through which an army of
Congressmen, contractors and colonels is sucking
the country dry. Based on hucksters' promises of
video game war, where General Swami "sees all,
knows all" through a vast array of hyper-priced
"systems," the RMA is coming unglued in Iraq's
gritty streets. To the grunt on the ground, it
has proven as useless as a regiment of lancers.

The reason?

When a small team with a coupla hundred dollar weapon
(RPG-7) can take out a multi-million dollar piece
of equipment like an Abrams tank, one would think
General Swami would get the picture.

The article.

Via chumpfish.