Oh I agree, but to get to O6 has to mean something. I’ve been impressed by the O6’s I’ve met in my short time in the military. But you are right, that is more biography than leadership. I think he is a leader. An incredibly frustrating leader, yes, but so is President Bush. But he is a leader and someone I willingly and gladly follow.
“Oh I agree, but to get to O6 has to mean something. I’ve been impressed by the O6’s I’ve met in my short time in the military. But you are right, that is more biography than leadership. I think he is a leader. An incredibly frustrating leader, yes, but so is President Bush. But he is a leader and someone I willingly and gladly follow.”
Thanks for the thoughtful response. Still, I’m not there yet. Merely attaining a certain rank isn’t quite enough for me. I’ve just finished reading a couple of books on Pearl Harbor and there’s good evidence that some much higher ranking guys couldn’t lead a cub scout pack with a manual. A lot of guys attained rank by being good backslapping buttkissers.
I’m also uneasy about McCain’s “temperment”. He strikes me as having a very bad temper and being arrogant. His snickering during the debates also comes off jerkish.
I do respect his service and I’ve listened to him: he has a good mind, he definitely loves his country and, in a scrap, he wouldn’t be afraid to loose the dogs on the bad guys (something we really need in the years ahead). But I’m not convinced that he really is a good leader in the sense of inspiring the American people to back a proud, unapologetic American resurgence to it’s proper place on the world stage.
Who really knows?