[Tupelo]

Someone once explained what is wrong with the modern American military.
To paraphrase:
“There are Political Generals and there are Combat Generals.”
Today’s military is run by Political Generals.
From my reading of American history, there has only been one Political General that won a war. Dwight Eisenhower

[Leaning Right]

> there has only been one Political General that won a war. Dwight Eisenhower <

And Eisenhower was political out of necessity, for the good of the country. It wasn’t easy to keep the USA, the UK, and the USSR all pulling together to defeat Hitler. But Ike pulled it off.

And as a side point, neither Ike nor Truman could have stopped the USSR from taking Eastern Europe. That would have started another major war and the US public never would have stood for it.

[larrytown]

Well, you’d probably be better to say George Marshall with Ike as his right-hand.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

From my reading of American history, there has only been one Political General that won a war. Dwight Eisenhower.
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I wasn’t aware that Ike was a political General, but if so can you provide a few facts to support that contention? Thanks.