Eisboch wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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thunder wrote:
On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:48:11 -0500, Eisboch wrote:


Shades of Lyndon Johnson. He didn't want to listen to his military
commanders either.

*If* this article it to be believed, those military commanders should
be fired, at the very least.

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45640


The trouble with midlevel to senior military personnel is that they
comprise a special interest group, and that interest is in keeping
themselves and their buddies in uniform, and the apparatus well-oiled.
I hear them on TV from time to time talking about how much they hate
war, but I don't believe them. War swells the ranks, empties billets,
and creates all sorts of promotional opportunities.


I believe you believe that. What else could you possibly believe?
Fortunately, you are in the extreme minority.

I agree that they try to keep the "apparatus well-oiled". That's their
job.


Eisboch



Keep the apparatus well-oiled also means keeping themselves in uniform.