"tactical" vs "strategic"

[Benjamin Barrett]

On Mar 1, 2012, at 5:49 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:30 PM, James A. Landau
> <JJJRLandau at netscape.com> <JJJRLandau at netscape.com> wrote:
>> I still think anyone who can't distinguish between "tactical" and "strategic" has no business being a war correspondent.
>
> I agree. Even if Arabic fails to distinguish the two - not likely;
> this isn't a trivial, gnome-sane distinction that a martial people
> wouldn't bother to make; but, youneverknow - anyone writing in English
> ought to distinguish them, regardless.

These two and" stratagem" all give me trouble. I certainly would expect a war correspondent to get them right, but not everybody.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

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