[cinives]

You misread history.

Generals/Admirals should be retired after age 55, as their testosterone level is in severe decline and they lose the will to take action.

In later years they’d rather talk than act.

[matthew fuller]

"Generals/Admirals should be retired after age 55, as their testosterone level is in severe decline and they lose the will to take action. "

George S. Patton turned 56 Nov. 11, 1941.

[Wuli]

“You misread history.”

I did not “misread” the history of American Middle East policies engineered by Baker-Scowcroft, the history of the failures of those policies, the history of the conditions they produced - “stability” of the regime of Saddam Husseein and US.OK to Syria to move into Lebanon.

Neither did I “misread” the history of Gates friendship with Baker and Scowcroft.

Nor did I misread the history of Admiral Fallon trying to prevent the Petraeus “surge” from becoming American policy.