You have to wonder. Is this a sop for Angela Merkel? Or an insult to the US Army officer corps. I can see several conflicts of interests that will lead to mistrust and undercut his effectiveness. Whatever happened to presidents who had previously worn our uniforms. It is clear that Obama doesn’t trust US Army leadership, and the feeling is mutual.
Better a German general in that slot than a minority lesbian friend of Hillary, I suppose.
Anyway, Tom Lehrer once sang about a multilateral NATO nuclear force:
“Once, all the Germans were warlike and mean,
“But that couldn’t happen again.
“We taught them a lesson in 1918,
“And they’ve hardly bothered us since then!