He is not a strategic general, although he certainly has played that part. It is ironic he runs into the same problems that Roman generals ran into, and he reads extensively from Marcus Aureilius: He fails to distill into one sentence, what must be achieved in every strategic line of operation, in order to decisively win.
He sometimes fails at the operational level in achieving this. He's in good company. Chrystal could'nt do it. Petraeus couldn't do it. Dunford couldn't do it. Votel couldn't do it. And many others.
There is one general who can. His name is Kenneth McKennie Jr.
He is not a strategic general, although he certainly has played that part.
Disagree He’s being very strategic here. POTUS is a short timer. The Democrat party and the swamp is forever. Too closely aligning with Trump guarantees enormous payback from the Demofascists come budget time.