No kidding.

When I was in the Army, I came into possession of a framed sheet of paper with three quotes on it. Each quote was basically a reformulation of the same basic concept. They went a little something like this (paraphrased):

• "The American military excels at war because war is chaos, and the American military practices chaos on a daily basis." (attributed to a World War Two Nazi officer)
• "It is extremely difficult to collect intelligence on the American military because their manuals, their orders, their battle plans, and their behavior never agree with one another." (attributed to a Cold War era Russian officer)
• "How can the enemy predict our strategy when we don't even know what we're doing?" (attributed to an anonymous US Army enlisted man)

Unfortunately, I don't recall anything like the exact phrasing (though I think the Nazi and Army quotes are pretty close, at least), or the names of the Nazi or Russian officers, but I think the point is gotten across. For the record, I pretty much agree with the common sentiment, based on my own experiences with US military "organization".

I wonder if I still have that thing somewhere. . . .