Generals are not fucking saints:
Everyone should remember that these are military careerists. War provides the opportunity for testing their skills, getting medals and promotions. A compromise peace without their definition of “victory” might be considered a failure. They all want to march down Pennsylvania Avenue like General Norman Schwarzkopf. Likewise, the contractors want to continue making their huge profits. It is the common soldiers, however, who are providing the sweat and shedding the blood.
The veneration of Petraeus by the DC media is nauseating, and I hope this guy, who got fired for saying that the military uses PowerPoint like a crutch, might at least make a few DC stenographers think twice before genuflecting.
(via a Sully underling)
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