Your use of language such as sniveling to describe people who don’t share your view is your prerogative - but it isn’t accurate or objective.
Don’t believe I used the sniveling adjective to describe what I thought about the beret or people who do not share my views.
My apology - it was centurion316 - and he/she used the term in post #70.
To centurion, I still disagree with what you posted, and I continue to believe that Shinseki was a bad General officer.
The very fact that he accepted a political appointment from the likes of Barack Obama is evidence he is a bad seed, and of questionable character.
Barack Obama is a man who believes babies should be murdered even if they survive abortions.
I believe God tells us to judge people by their character. Hence, Barack Obama is an evil man. Shinseki accepted a paying Government job from Barack Obama.
What am I missing here?
That was me. I used the term snivelling and stand by it. Professional soldiers, especially very highly qualified ones don’t need jump boots, berets, badges, and dangles to prove their worth. I find this attitude much less prevelent today than was true 10 or so years ago. Several years of combat experience tend to give young soldiers a different perspective and the sorts of things that we have been talking about become less important.