I'll tell you the true cause of our lack of success in Iraq. It is bad military hardware. The inspectors do not identify failures.

 

In 1993 I was a software developer for Grumman on the JSTARS project. This is a radar surveillance system, and used in the first Iraqi war. When I started working, I noticed that the program contained errors in high school trig. I asked my manager how this code could have passed inspection. He replied that the government inspectors were paid for inspecting, and wanted to continue issuing favorable reports in order to guarantee a job coming back.

 

Why are we not using JSTARS to monitor the borders in Iraq, to prevent infiltration from Syria or Iran?

 

Why are we not using JSTARS to help monitor traffic in our cities?

 

The answer is because of errors similar to the high school trig error discussed above! If we cannot get our high schools to do the job correctly, we will not be able to build defenses necessary for the security and future of our country!

 

During the Gulf War, not a single Raytheon Patriot missile was able to take out a single scud fired from Iraq!