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>> Do we need more generals like this or do we need political generals who know how to cultivate Washington politicians, in order to advance their own careers?
I agree with Sowell.
George McClellan, the man Lincoln selected to lead the Union army in the early days of the war, once wrote that his boss was “nothing more than a well-meaning baboon” and considered the president his intellectual and moral inferior.
Despite his contempt for Lincoln, McClellan had no choice but to coexist with his commander in chief as the two plotted military strategy with nothing less than the future of a nation at stake.
War and its dogs should come first, for those who would engage. This day brings no shine for either he of the purple lips or for “I voted for him” Gen Stan ..
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Thanks for the ping jaz. Agree with Dr. Sowell.
The whole situation is a damned shame. If it weren’t for lousey Politicians, criminal Politicians, their self servience, and limited foresight much of what is grinding our guts today wouldn’t exist.
It’s a Maalox World today thanks to them, and an apathetic public.
“But the worst aspect of the national security policy of this administration is its clear intention to do nothing that has any realistic chance of stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons. This may be the most grossly irresponsible policy in all of history, because it can leave this generation— and future generations— of Americans at the mercy of terrorists who have no mercyIs a friend of the terrorists a terrorist? An enabler?