‘General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has brought into relief a serious problem of politics in our military.
But the problem, a long-standing one, is not the group of former CIA officials, Navy SEALs, and others who’ve criticized President Obama for taking too much credit for cancelling Osama bin Laden’s ticket, and for leaking secrets about this operation in order to glorify himself. This is the group Dempsey is trying to bring to heel. No, the problem is an officer promotion system that, beyond the rank of commander in the Navy and lieutenant colonel in the other services, begins to weed out warriors and lift up bureaucrats and politicians…’ (bold mine, kg)
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.”
CrusaderRabbit
Rectum rats. :rant
Yes indeedy. And I reckon the process starts further down the chain nowadays than the author suggests.
The ceiling has lowered since the last time I looked.
It’s the “trickle down” effect Os.
What’s trickling down, and where? ‘Coz I’m pretty sure someone is taking the piss.
Crap. Downhill. To the lower ranks, Gantt.
he is a CYA er-
C-CS