[Bob]

If I’m not mistaken, the term that Hackworth used was “perfumed princes”.

[frog in a pot]

Quite right, and a leader such as Hackworth could spot them from afar. There may be a joke in there re our current leader and perfumed princes, but with reference to the article the best I can come up with is this:

“I am not interested in victory.” In re Iranian nuclear threat, G-20 news conference, September, 2009

[darkwing104]

You are correct

He used the term "Porcelain" to the described soft soldiers and "perfumed princes" for image conscious political types.

[montomike]

Exactly right!...I was getting ready to make the same comment.

[Hulka]

You are correct.