My favorite quote in the Earlybird today comes from Air Force ISR Chief Lt Gen David Deptula: "Al-Qaeda doesn't have a JCIDS process," he said, referring to a procurement process that imposes delays of several years on new military technology. He is pushing for procurement reform so we can get next-generation unmanned systems on the battlefield faster.
The worst quote comes from retired Air Force fighter pilot Lt Gen Thomas McInerey, speculating on a U.S. attack on Iran: "It will be primarily an air attack with covert work to start a 'velvet' revolution so [the] Iranian people can take back their country." Does anyone actually believe that's what will happen if we bomb Iran? We should have learned by now that bombing foreign countries doesn't spark democratic transformation. Neither does using covert work to foment revolutions.
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That comment from the USAF general reminds me of similar sentiments expressed by Dan Halutz, the IDF's chief of staff (also a fighter pilot). Halutz believed that precision bombing would completely destroy Hezbollah--a political party with seats in the Lebanese parliament.
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