Originally Posted by
dragon
That's what concerns me about this process. I could swear I heard or inferred from leadership that there was no plan B. No plan survives first contact and any worthy Admiral (or General) has contingency plans.
Having no Plan B was a deliberate thing.
Developing Plan B was supposed to be Harwood's job.
But he and Hanson were the architects of the fear campaign.
Having "no alternative" to ratification was the heart of that strategy.
The whole "Anderson will be mad and never speak to us again" and "the NMB will put us on ice for years" thing came right from our so called "Strategic Planning" Committee.