What johno said, but from a different point of view.
"an up-and-coming generation of leaders that has been forced to learn better than the simple-minded divisiveness"
We had one of those. His name was General Colin Powell. As I understand it, he was a young lieutenant in Vietnam, and wrote a thesis on What Went Wrong There And How To Avoid It Next Time. The current administration ignored every single point and (in my opinion) treated him shamefully. And I believe (not actually having read this thesis) that he has been proven correct on almost everything.
So the military DID learn - it's just the civilians (like the ever-omniscient Cheney) who ignored them.
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"an up-and-coming generation of leaders that has been forced to learn better than the simple-minded divisiveness"
We had one of those. His name was General Colin Powell. As I understand it, he was a young lieutenant in Vietnam, and wrote a thesis on What Went Wrong There And How To Avoid It Next Time. The current administration ignored every single point and (in my opinion) treated him shamefully. And I believe (not actually having read this thesis) that he has been proven correct on almost everything.
So the military DID learn - it's just the civilians (like the ever-omniscient Cheney) who ignored them.