One of our biggest problems is that no one gets dismissed.
When I started medical school the involuntary attrition rate was 33%. Somehow, since then, that rate has become zero.
Today, when you get your acceptance letter, you can practically start looking for office space.
In context, in a normal country, Milley would be dismissed this morning. His stock in trade is force posture and readiness. Within the month, he said ANA could hold the country indefinitely. In fact, they could not hold it for a week.
This indicates incompetence so profound, I don't even know what to say.
But does anyone in our public life even feel an obligation to ASK if he should stay? No, of course not, because no serious person even IMAGINES that he will be or even could be dismissed over this enormous failure.
The Gods of the Copybook Headings, with terror and slaughter, return.
At some point, standards will NEED to be re-established.