The screw-up was the kind of things you have happen when you have bean-counters (and McNamara was nothing if not a bean-counter) instead of soldiers in charge of the military.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	4:det	_
2	screw	screw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	4:compound	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	4:punct	SpaceAfter=No
4	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	7:nsubj	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	7:cop	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	7:det	_
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	0:root	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	9:case	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	7:nmod:of	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	11:nsubj|12:nsubj:xsubj	_
11	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	7:acl:relcl	_
12	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	11:xcomp	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	15:advmod	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	15:nsubj	_
15	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	12:advcl:when	_
16	bean	bean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	18:compound	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	18:punct	SpaceAfter=No
18	counters	counter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	15:obj	_
19	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	23	punct	23:punct	SpaceAfter=No
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	23:cc	_
21	McNamara	McNamara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	23:nsubj	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	23:cop	_
23	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	18	parataxis	18:parataxis	_
24	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	25:mark	_
25	not	not	PART	RB	_	29	advmod	29:advmod	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	29:det	_
27	bean	bean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	29:compound	SpaceAfter=No
28	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	29	punct	29:punct	SpaceAfter=No
29	counter	counter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	advcl	23:advcl	SpaceAfter=No
30	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	23	punct	23:punct	_
31	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	33	case	33:case	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	fixed	31:fixed	_
33	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	15:obl:instead_of	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	35:case	_
35	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	15:obl:in	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	38:case	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	38:det	_
38	military	military	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	35:nmod:of	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	7:punct	_
