[Alberta's Child]

Harry Truman said generals make lousy presidents—too much pride and they aren’t used to having to take orders from those they lead (citizens vs soldiers).

Conversely . . . I suspect the ranks of the military are filled with a lot of "yes men" who have never had an original idea in their lives.

[Happy Rain]

Come to think of it,”Dilbert” and “Beetle Baily” aren’t all that diferent.
Middle manangement suck-ups,upper manangment morons and ignored minions who happen to keep the whole thing running.
Then every once in a while a leader appears who “gets it” thus ending his chances for advancement.
No wonder Patton intentionally sucked at politics and eschewed the whole Machiavellian mess.

[itsahoot]

Harry Truman said generals make lousy presidents

We got Ike, and Japan got MacArthur, whom Truman fired, after he was on the way to spanking China's but over Korea.

Which country made the most progress after the war?