[Roccus]

IIRC Brit Hume yesterday mentioned that they did not get expected promotions and that this was mostly sour grapes.
IMO, if these officers felt at the time the way they say they feel now, they were derelict in not voicing their objections.

[.cnI redruM]

In the Army; certainly. He's attempted to reinvent that service's entire culture. No Old Boy network ever dies a peaceful death.

[sine_nomine]

There is a famous case of a general under LBJ who was going to resign and tell the press how badly the Viet Nam War was being run. He did not and later regretted it. I do not know the man's name.

People turn against those who do the right thing. We are more comfortable with letting things go.

These generals are chickens and traitors. They should not be doing this during a war.