Admiral... that explains it. Political appointment. Politics above leadership apparently. It explains why we can’t win the wars with so much sacrifice in the battles.
My friends. In the military everyone follows the company line towards subordinates if they want a career. Ask any enlisted man all the way up to full bird colonel. When they become generals/admirals the have to go political. Patton was not one of them but Eisenhauer was. We needed both but not in this case.
It is invalid to bundle excellence in armed forces records and performance with social values or skills. Stereotyping is almost always wrong and often in opposite directions you would assume.