Posts by hognoxious

Snail munchers

@anonymous: The French didn't pull out of the Eurofighter because they magically foresaw that it would be a failure. It failed because without them the economies of scale weren't there any more.

Acting in isolation?

Victoria Climbié didn't die because the agencies acted in isolation. She died because they didn't act at all.

Call it humint, call it the MKI eyeball, call it common sense. Technological solutions can't solve people problems.