[elcid1970]

“I don’t think too many guys advance to flag rank by being stupid.”

Offered in rebuttal: Gen. Petraeus. Thinking with the wrong head can strike any rank & usually with disastrous results.

Used to be if you didn’t want to step on a mine, you avoided minefields. In today’s military, you carry a minefield around in your shirt pocket.

“Think twice before hitting that send button”

[Rembrandt]

‘“I don’t think too many guys advance to flag rank by being stupid.”

Offered in rebuttal: Gen. Petraeus. Thinking with the wrong head can strike any rank & usually with disastrous results.’

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Petraeus’ fall from grace had nothing to do with stupidity, merely with lust. That happens to lots of people and is not relevant to the discussion.