[Doofer]

Generals are political animals.

As are Admirals or in other words you don't get that high in the food chain without kissing some serious booty.

[STARWISE]

I know ... have military family, friends,
BUT there’s a way of supporting your CIC
in much less specific, more bland terms.

Petraeus’s statement ... I could cry.

[Bush Revolution]

As a former enlisted Sailor...You are both so on the mark. USMC for Joint Chiefs was awesome though. Rush has the best qoute on his website from General Patton: "If everybody's thinking alike, then nobody is thinking. Pressure makes diamonds." George S. Patton Now that's a General...