[…]autonomous decisions that are equally likely to be independently taken by either of the partners are in the middle of the triangle and truly syncratic (or joint) decisions are in the outer-right corner of the triangle.

If that is not a flatfooted disregard of what this committee said was bad taste, I do not know what it is.

I can hardly exaggerate the body blow to the Service such a decision would give. Nobody will believe in it again.

For good reason military leaders attempt to instill in their troops beliefs about the nonhumanity—the bestiality or animality or verminlike character—of the enemy.