Is PowerPoint Confusing Everyone In The Wars That We Fight?

A PowerPoint diagram meant to portray the complexity of American strategy in Afghanistan certainly succeeded in that aim.

We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was shown a PowerPoint slide in Kabul last summer that was meant to portray the complexity of American military strategy, but looked more like a bowl of spaghetti.

“When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war,” General McChrystal dryly remarked, one of his advisers recalled, as the room erupted in laughter.

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More News On The Use Of PowerPoint By The Military

We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint (Updated) -- Small Wars Journal
The Biggest Enemy In The War On Terror? PowerPoint -- Business Insider
The War in Afghanistan Explained in One PowerPoint Slide -- Gawker
US army wages war on PowerPoint -- ICIS
Essay: Dumb-dumb bullets -- Arm Forces Journal

My Comment: The Small Wars Journal has been following this story for a long time .... it is good to see the New York Times playing catchup.

What is my take .... I do analysis for a living, and even I am confused.