[Porkchop]

H.R. McMaster wrote a book critical of the political responses to the war in Vietnam. It was called “Dereliction of Duty”.

He wrote it when he was a Major in the Army, and it nearly derailed his career by sidelining his promotion to BG the first time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dereliction_of_Duty_(book)

“...Unusual for an active-duty officer, McMaster scolded the U.S. government for its “arrogance, weakness, lying in pursuit of self-interest [and] abdication of responsibility to the American people.”...” (from wiki....)

I wonder when he got derpy?

[Snowybear]

> I wonder when he (McMaster) got derpy?

Probably when he did his tour through the Pentagon. Col. David Hackworth detailed this process years ago in “About Face”, a book worth reading.

-SB

[Bob Ireland]

***McMaster scolded the U.S. government for its “arrogance, weakness, lying in pursuit of self-interest [and] abdication of responsibility to the American people.”***

That strikes a bell! Gray matter a bit epoxied this late. I think military / industrial complex - War for war's sake - War without end. We were just cattle, pushed into the slaughter to make the elite richer and richer... maybe something like that.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: I wonder when he got derpy? ::

Your question was answered in the excerpt.

“it nearly derailed his career by sidelining his promotion to BG the first time.”