Part Five: Opening Round in the West (2)
Something that has always surprised me is the number of generals who excel in a peacetime army, and fail in war.
I look at the American military - general officers who excel at politics and pleasing the big corporations who will hire them after retirement.
Milley with his chest full of medals, his concerns with wokeness, and his extraordinary willingness to communicate with the Chinese.
The generals who presided over a humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan and suffered no career consequences. And apparently felt no shame either.
How well will these "perfumed princes" (Hackworth) perform in war?
As always, it will be the combat troops who suffer while the incompetent generals are weeded out (Kasserine Pass).
Something that has always surprised me is the number of generals who excel in a peacetime army, and fail in war.
I look at the American military - general officers who excel at politics and pleasing the big corporations who will hire them after retirement.
Milley with his chest full of medals, his concerns with wokeness, and his extraordinary willingness to communicate with the Chinese.
The generals who presided over a humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan and suffered no career consequences. And apparently felt no shame either.
How well will these "perfumed princes" (Hackworth) perform in war?
As always, it will be the combat troops who suffer while the incompetent generals are weeded out (Kasserine Pass).