[Saije]

It does make you wonder when the only guy we seem to have available is Petraeus.

[OCC]

I remember the good old days when you could tell a good General

From a wannabe

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I lived through The Clinton Years in the military. We lost SO many mid-ranking officers (Captains, brand new Majors, etc.) and SO many Senior NCOs (E-7, 8 & even some lifer 9’s!) during those eight nightmarish years that it doesn’t surprise me in the LEAST that the same thing is happening all over again...but in spades due to our current INCOMPETENT CIC.

Of course, we won’t hear of it due to the media being in 0bama’s front pocket...check your sources; recruitment is down as is RETENTION, which is pretty much KEY to a strong military at any stage of the game.

Sadly, self-preservation is alive and well in todays military. And I don’t blame them one tiny BIT!

[VRWC For Truth]

Political correctness has drained the pool. Who in their right mind is going to send people to certain death based on policies which don’t work and tie their hands. People who aren’t useful idiots don’t hang around to lose.

[rockinqsranch]

Get the frickin’ Leftists the “H” out of power, defund the various Leftist departments, thus the Leftist bureaucracies, thus eliminating the Leftist influence that runs throughout government because of those Leftist packed bureaucracies, and watch how quickly we find our smaller, leaner Constitutional government gets things accomplished without the confusion, and without the embarrassment, and without the taxes.

No matter who is in office today, yesterday the Left is there to tell them what they can, or can’t do at so many levels making confusion the basic order of the day.

Too many bosses. Too much confusion. Get the Left the “H” out of power.

[US Navy Vet]

You can blame the United States Air Force for the US Military’s adoption of DOPMA(up or out for officers and High Year tenure for Enlisted)

[Boucheau]

I thought the military was for killing people.

Why would anyone want to kiss camel-jockey *ss for a living?

Fight the war, or bring them home.

[SevenMinusOne]

Military personnel rules prevent the top brass from reaching down into the ranks and plucking out high-performers who have proved themselves especially adept at counterinsurgency or have amassed significant knowledge about Afghanistan and Iraq. "In all previous wars, promotions were accelerated for officers who were effective," a senior Army official said.

Huh? This is exactly what happened and why Gen. McCrystal was appointed to where he was.... because he was that d*mn effective at getting the job done! There was very few more effective at tracking down and killing bad guys from a leadership role than Gen. McCrystal has been since 2002.

[puppypusher]

Some would call these Generals the Perfumed Princes who got Promoted above their capability.Who's to say with the politics affecting the military these Days.

[ASA Vet]

[Mariner]

"What is wrong with the system that produces top generals?"

That's EASY.

Many of these "Top Generals" were but Captain or Major in the 90's under Clinton's Pentagon.

[Trod Upon]

Let’s all pray and work for rapid turnover in the White House. Almost Anybody Else, 2012!