Re: Such Nonsense

["Dottie Marron" <dmarron@cwsl.edu>]

> Shouldn't we place enough trust in our SecDef to promulgate accurate
> and equitable judgments as to what constitutes a detrimental impact on force
> readiness and an adequate level of training? Any attempt to usurp or
> attenuate this newly augmented authority calls to mind a basic tenant of
> unwritten military doctrine, i.e., "Civilians meddling excessively in
> matters miitary usually end up as too many cooks spoiling the broth."

I would like to point out that the military currently has pollution 
prevention procedures in place that meet current oversight agency 
standards. Why should following these procedures 
have a detrimental impact on force readiness? I don't see that 
pollution prevention would be any harder during wartime than during 
peacetime. 

Dottie

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