I'd be more worried if the Generals tried to take
over the government, like in the declining years of the
Roman Empire.


I don't think there's a realistic prospect of that. At
least, not now.


Dave wrote:
I think the four retired generals writing in today's Journal got it right.
The ones carping are the generals who were on the losing end of the argument
over whether to stick with the conventional weapons of the past and WW II
strategies, or move to lighter more mobile forces to deal with a new type of
enemy.


Yeah, right. "Losing end of the argument" meaning that they
tried to make a realistic plan for Iraq and got fired for it.

Or do you think that Iraq situation is just fine & dandy?
Maybe you also have rosy words to share about the Bush
Administration's handling of Iran?


Change is difficult, and always puts somebody's nose out of joint in a
bureaucracy.

Especially when the change is predicted to be a disaster,
and turns out to be one.

DSK