Some years ago a speech by Atkinson at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis caused great concern on these threads when he warned us of the dangers of "critical thinking" spawned by the Frankfurt School insinuating itself into our culture and also our precious military culture. Little could we have known how prescient his warnings were.
We can decry a few renegade generals who violated our statute prohibiting even retired generals from criticizing a commander-in-chief but the threat is pervasive so we must find a way to change that culture or leave ourselves vulnerable to civil strife internally or liable to subjection by external powers.
