to the editor: re <u+201c> experts dispute trump in mosul attack critique <u+201d> (news article, oct. 21): donald trump<u+2019>s criticism that planning for the recently commenced military operations to retake mosul, iraq, was <u+201c>stupid<u+201d> shows his unfitness to serve as commander in chief. he does not understand or seem to care about how the nature of war has changed since world war ii. mr. trump would endanger the lives of american soldiers and the united states<u+2019> security through his clear willingness to cavalierly dismiss the judgment, experience, advice and conclusions of our uniformed military leaders. it is these career military officers who in our defense system plan and execute such military operations. anyone who cares about the security of our country and its leadership role in the world should be deeply alarmed. a president <u+2014> particularly one with zero military or foreign policy experience <u+2014> who picks the tactics and tells the generals how to fight the war is doomed to failure. louis caldera washington the writer, a professor of leadership at george washington university, was secretary of the army from 1998 to 2001. a version of this letter appears in print on october 29, 2016, on page a18 of the new york edition with the headline: unfit to command. today's paper | subscribe
donald trump, unfit to command
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