You need to read Post #17. And if you think that flag officers aren’t politicians, you haven’t been around any. I have, in spades, and they are.
Yoohoo, I get to do my Washington thing.
entropy12 look at post 17, Washington was a career politician, without even getting into the vast experience in politics that running the Army is.
If you think I survived 6 layoffs and rose to the title of
Corporate manager of computer aided engineering and manufacturing without being political, you have not worked in a corporation in high positions. Corporate world is dog eat dog. I was an immigrant speaking with a noticeable accent. I just worked harder and made less enemies than my colleagues.
My point is all successful people are good politicians. But tj
hat is not same as politicians. Politicians can lie and get away with it. Military officers and corporate executives can not get away so easily with lies. That is the big difference. Ike and George Washington are famous for truthfulness, unlike Obama and Clinton, both two termers.