Frank Herbert (author of the Dune series)wrote the following:
“Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. This is the danger of entrenched bureaucracy to its subject population. Even the spoils systems are preferable because levels of tolerance are lower and the corrupt can be thrown out periodically. Entrenched bureaucracy seldom can be touched short of violence. Beware when Civil Service and Military join hands.”
I can’t see that word of it is wrong, especially in this IRS scandal.
We must hope that the military is not homogeneous. We must hope the real warriors have not been corrupted by those that strut around flashing their medals