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Eisenhower was right for the time and was a politician/administrative general, not a front-line commander. General officers are not all good choices for the role of president and are not all the right kind of leader for the nation. Attaining general officer rank is and has long been a mostly political process where connections and having senior sponsors drives who moves up and who does not. The most able do not always move up. Even Washington was not considered to be the best choice to lead the army by many of the politicians of the day. Anyone who would take an appointment from der Fuehrer would be suspect in my mind.

"Anyone who would take an appointment from der Fuehrer would be suspect in my mind."

I can agree with a lot of what you said. However, this one I cannot. It's quite possible, nay probable that the reason he took on the job is that he does not want to see this country, the country he's served faithfully for 35 + years defeated because he doesn't like the President's policies.

I'm as conservative as you can get. However, if I was a General and knew that I had this military solution to the problem at hand. I would accept a command from Barry. Not for him, but for my country.