I see where another retired general has run his mouth and insulted POTUS.

I am not surprised. He was promoted under Obama and it shows.

Let's look at the majority of general officers. They are political animals. You can make it to colonel by being a good soldier but becoming a general requires being a politician which outright sucks.

It's actually a part of the reason the army is what it is today.

Ever since Grant was elected a lot of generals seem to think the presidency should be occupied by retired general and some start getting political. It doesn't work, of course although there have been notable exceptions like Eisenhower. 

Still, Ike was more of a politician than a fighting man's general. He was a politician appointed to run the ETO because of his ability to hold a coalition together. He could rein in personalities like Patton and Montgomery.

Trump's recent withdrawal from Syria has gotten congress and a bunch of retired generals all steamed up because it opens the area up to the Russians.

Actually this is not a bad idea at all when you consider that Syria is a quagmire of tribalism and unsolvable headaches and having troops there really doesn't solve anything except to be able to issue Purple Hearts. It's a true mess that does us little or no good.

Everyone thinks Putin will step in and I do beleive that's what Trump wants because it means Russian troops will bleed instead of ours.

I can't say I disagree. I'm tired of seeing our guys get chewed up.



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