Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

Groucho Marx
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Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. In essence, military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. It cannot be both a profession and a science at the same time. Whoever takes it on as a profession fails to make the distinction between science and practice.

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