Any retired high-ranking military officer associating with Obama isn’t doing this to promote the well-being of the armed forces. It’s personal ambition. I smell ego, and a sense of “entitlement denied.” I can see the former general declaring “Don’t you know who I am?” (And the perfect reply would be “I know who you were but that was then and this is now”).
The EUCOM page doesn’t hint of the General’s retirement date....so I’ll assume it was fairly recent. Based on my years at Ramstein...all of these retiree generals all believe they still carry rank and are rarely if ever denied their “status”....so when the Landstuhl leadership stood up and said “no”...this was likely the first “no” this guy had heard in years. He probably didn’t take it well...and was creating a massive explosion within the Obama funnel. The moment that he picked up the phone and started calling active duty generals at the Pentagon and EUCOM....the Obama staff got real nervous because this was going to be a dismal news item when it got out that the guy got his way eventually....by personal favors.
The natural decision by any candidate or his controllers...is to end the fuse burning quickly and move on. To this degree....I agree with the Obama staff. The retired general was going to make problems for no value.
Prepare for more of these episodes over the next five months....as a number of folks believe they are still carrying “status”.
After a career of 'rank has it's privilege' the poor fellow was undoubtedly upset.